Contributor to Professor Rosemary Langford (ed) Governance and Regulation of Charities: International and Comparative Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2023) click here

Contributor to Professor Matthew Harding and Daniel Halliday (eds) Charity Law: Exploring the Concept of Public Benefit (Routledge, 2022) click here 

Contributor to Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Bob Wyatt (eds) Regulating Charities: the Inside Story (Routledge, 2017) click here

 - L Caneva Charting 25 years of charity regulation - and its impact on the future Pro Bono Australia, 18 May 2017 click here

 - Book review by John E Tyler III Nonprofit Policy Forum 2017 16 November 2017 click here

Contributor to Dr Karen Martyn Corporate Governance: a practical handbook - 2nd edition (Wolters Kluwer, 2016) click here

Contributor to Julia Batchelor-Smith Balancing work and life: a practical guide for lawyers (LexisNexis, 2014) click here

Sue Barker is honoured to have been awarded the 2019 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, undertaking research into the question "What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?". The report from the Fellowship, Focus on purpose, was released in April 2022 and can be found here. Thank you so much to the New Zealand Law Foundation Te Manatū a Ture o Aotearoa, the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Carleton University, the Bishop's Action Foundation, Trust Democracy, the Council of International Development, Not for profit Resource, Community Networks Wellington, Community Networks Aotearoa, Carters Barristers and Solicitors (Ottawa), the JR McKenzie Trust, Steven Moe of Parry Field Lawyers, Philanthropy New Zealand, Community Waitakere, the University of Western Australia, John Godfrey & Associates, LEAD, Liz Gibbs, the National Council of Women of New Zealand Inc, and so many others for their support. Feedback includes the following: 

"Warmest congratulations on the publication of this landmark report. It will surely influence charity law and policy for years to come, and not only in New Zealand. Money very, very well spent by the Law Foundation!"

"... sincere congrats to Sue who put so much into getting this report right! If the legislators follow her example, the new      charity law should be a model for others"

"The report will prove to be a marvellous reference tool for international charity law comparisons ... you have produced much more than a report on what the law should be in New Zealand. Your report is actually a text book on comparative charity law in major common law jurisdictions. We as a firm will certainly benefit from what you have done, so I want to thank you [for] a wonderful resource!"

"This is an absolutely remarkable piece of work ... deep analysis, interesting comparative data and very thoughtful and relevant recommendations ... simply for doing this work I convey my deep appreciation. I sincerely hope that it will be taken very seriously in Aotearoa New Zealand!"

"Big congratulations on your mahi. I ... am deeply impressed by its width and depth ... it will be an important academic resource due to the number of sources it has synthesized and provided commentary on"

"Thanks so much Sue. What an impressive, important and useful piece of work!"

"This is such an impressive piece of work - monumental. I think the Law Foundation got a lot of value from the fellowship they granted, as will charities policy in NZ!"

"... an amazing piece of work ..."

"Your work is important. Well done"

" ... an absolute masterpiece ... "

" ... excellent and very thorough ..."

"... the most comprehensive report on charity law I have ever seen, anywhere. This is a tremendous resource not only for the issue of future law reform, but also to help understand the current context."

" ... your work has really helped me to understand and appreciate how much we need charities. They're 'by the people for the people', to give the people what THEY want and need to be a healthy society. That's truly democratic and inclusive."

" ... extremely interesting. It will be very useful for other jurisdictions considering charity law reform, either wholesale reform or the reform of one aspect, and more widely as a resource on international charity law"

"your outstanding juxtaposition of enabling and restrictive was ... very clarifying and enlightening"

"... a page-turner ..."

Discussion with Heather du Plessis-Allan regarding issues facing charities 6 September 2024 click here

Discussion with Sean Plunket regarding charities and donations to political parties/candidates 8 July 2024 click here

Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Wellington, 4-5 July 2024 click here

Comment on World Gospel Bible College Charitable Trust v Commissioner of Inland Revenue 17 May 2024 ACPNS Legal Case Notes click here 

Discussion with Mike Hosking NewstalkZB NZ charities are in a "dire and reasonably existential state" 3 April 2024 click here

TVNZ One News Gloriavale 27 March 2024

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade being required to return Headhunters donation 12 March 2024 click here

M Nippert Waipareira's controversial campaign loan repaid, executive salaries skyrocket NZ Herald 10 February 2024 click here

Honoured to work with Seed the Change | He Kākano Hāpai and Community Foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand and others  to produce a booklet on the Charities Amendment Act 2023 - what charities need to know, released on 3 October 2023. The booklet can be downloaded here

Commentary on the decision of the Court of Appeal in Better Public Media Trust v Attorney-General [2023] NZCA 553 - see M Mcgregor-Lowndes and F Hannah (2023) ACPNS Legal Case Notes Series: 2023-140 Better Public Media Trust v Attorney-General 2022-93 14 November 2023 click here 

Legalwise Changes for charities: Incorporated Societies Regulations 2023 13 October 2023 click here

Discussion with James King regarding the Charities Amendment Act 2023, charities running businesses, and the 2023 election 8 October 2023 click here

RNZ New charities law little more than 'tweaks' say critics 7 August 2023 click here

Discussion with James King regarding the Charities Amendment Bill 9 July 2023 click here

Honoured to be cited by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research in their February 2023 report to the Productivity Commission: Working together - re-focusing public accountability to achieve better lives click here

Discussion with James King regarding the Charities Amendment Bill 11 June 2023 click here

Discussion with Sean Plunket regarding charities and donations to political parties/candidates 24 May 2023 click here

New Zealand Law Journal May 2023 The Charities Amendment Bill 169-1 [2023] NZLJ 127 

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policy 1: press pause on the Charities Act changes 18 January 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policy 2: widen eligibility for donee status 25 January 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policies 3 and 4: public interest journalism and promoting amateur sport                 2 February 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policy 5: Imputation credit refundability 9 February 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policy 6: Protect charities running businesses 17 February 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policy 7: Reinstate the Charities Commission 22 February 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policies 8 and 9: Unclaimed money and a civil society strategy 3 March 2023 click here

Legalwise Ten election policies for charities - Policy 10: Carrying out a proper, first principles, post-implementation review of the Charities Act 2005 10 March 2023 click here

LinkedIn Charities Amendment Bill - 13 questions 9 November 2022 click here

Submission to the Productivity Commission on their Interim report A fair chance for all - breaking the cycle of persistent disadvantage 7 November 2022 click here 

NewstalkZB Starship Children's Hospital declines $570,000 donation 2 November 2022 click here

Legalwise Charities Amendment Bill - a wolf in sheep's clothing? 26 October 2022 click here

M Nippert [Charities Services] probes John Tamihere campaign funding NZ Herald 28 September 2022 click here and [Charities Services] alleges Waipareira donation was 'serious wrongdoing' 12 October 2022 click here

Honoured to have been mentioned in Parliament on the first reading of the Charities Amendment Bill 28 September 2022 click here 

Call to halt the Charities Act "modernisation" process 16 September 2022 click here

LinkedIn The Supreme Court decision in Family First - a gift to the forces of authoritarianism? 5 July 2022 click here (reproduced in The Capital Letter, 19 July 2022)

Honoured to be asked to provide comment for M Mcgregor-Lowndes and F Hannah (2022) ACPNS Legal Case Notes Series: 2022-93 Attorney General v Family First New Zealand 3 July 2022 click here

NewstalkZB Charities law expert on Supreme Court's ruling on Family First 29 June 2022 click here

RNZ Family First does not qualify for charitable status, Supreme Court rules 28 June 2022 click here

TodayFM Charity law expert Sue Barker 28 June 2022 click here

RNZ Charity reforms insult to the sector 3 June 2022 click here

LinkedIn Charities beware - the government is trying to remove your rights of appeal - again! 5 June 2022 click here

RNZ Ex-church members want Celebration Centre charity deregistered 1 June 2022 click here

Honoured to be asked to present to the Advisory Board of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission about the Focus on purpose report in May 2022 click here

Conversation with Ros Rice from Community Networks Aotearoa 24 May 2022 click here

The Capital Letter Business not inherently nefarious for charities 10 May 2022 click here (subscription may be required)

Honoured to be asked to provide comment for the ACPNS Legal Case Notes Series: 2022-47 Registration decision: New Zealand Entrepreneurs Rescue 9 February 2022 click here

Transparency International Newsletter What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like? 9 December 2021 click here. The article was reproduced by IndianNewsLink on 14 December 2021 click here

Stuff #taxmegachurches? It's not that simple 19 November 2021 click here

Newshub Legal expert says Destiny Church unlikely to be deregistered as charity despite 12,000 people signing petition 
17 November 2021 click here  

Austaxpolicy: Tax and Transfer Policy Blog Do businesses run by charities have a competitive advantage? 17 November 2021 click here

Charities Act review update and letter to the Minister of Finance September 2021 click here

Community Networks Wellington presentation and selection of papers responding to targeted consultation for the review of the Charities Act July 2021 click here

Charities law reform - third update 8 July 2021: click here

Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand submissions to the Supreme Court as intervener in the Attorney-General's appeal in the Family First litigation June 2021: click here

Unresolved issues in New Zealand charities law - the charitable purpose test [2021] New Zealand Law Journal 130, May 2021

CCH Webinar - Charities law update 2021 16 June 2021, 2.30-3.45pm click here 

CAANZ NFP SIG webinar Not-for-profit tax updates Tuesday 18 May 2021, 4-5pm

Charities law reform - second update 3 May 2021: click here 

Unresolved issues in New Zealand charities law [2021] New Zealand Law Journal 49, March 2021 

Hui E! webinar Charities law reform - why it matters 17 March 2021 click here - for a copy of the powerpoint presentation, click here

Charities law reform - first update 10 February 2021: click here

Alliance Magazine blog What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like? 9 February 2020 click here

Unresolved issues in New Zealand charities law: ascertaining purpose 4 February 2020 click here

Advocacy by charities: what is the question? (2020) 6 Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law 1 click here

 Charity regulation in New Zealand: history and where to now (2020) 26(2) Third Sector Review 28

What is the best structure for the agency(s) that administer charities' legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand? co-design sprint workshop facilitated by Mele Wendt MNZM from the Centre for Social Impact, Thursday 26 November 2020-Friday
27 November 2020, click here and here 

Responding to covid-19 - how might we #buildbackbetter online conference hosted by the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, in conjunction with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, with support from Charities Services Ngā Ratonga Kaupapa Atawhai, 4 November 2020 1-5pm, click here

Webinar on the topic of advocacy by charities, organised by the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, 
1 October 2020 4pm NZT click here

Contributor to The Capital Letter IN FOCUS: Sue Barker on charities law developments 9 September 2020 click here

Honoured to be asked to provide comment for the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies' Legal Case Note series on the Court of Appeal decision upholding the charitable registration of Family First New Zealand, September 2020 click here

Honoured to be asked to provide comment, along with other commentators from around the common law world, for the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies' Legal Case Note series on the recent decision of the New Zealand High Court confirming Greenpeace's registration as a charity August 2020 click here

NewstalkZB Greenpeace wins right to register as a charity 10 August 2020 click here

Honoured to be asked to provide comment from a New Zealand perspective for the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies' Legal Case Note series on the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Lehtimäki and others v Cooper July 2020 click here

Legalwise webinar Charities law: navigating the road to recovery and beyond 21 July 2020 click here

Legalwise What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like? 23 June 2020 click here

CCH webinar Charities law update 2020 Wednesday 17 June 2020 2.30-3.45 click here

Election forum 10 June 2020, organised with Hui E! Community Aotearoa, ComVoices, Trust Democracy, click here 

TV One news Charities lose millions of dollars with fundraising almost impossible during lockdown 19 May 2020 click here

Honoured to be part of the "expert's pick" for the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies' quarterly case notes summary - first quarter of 2020 click here

CCH Webinar Governance of charities and other not-for-profits 2020 26 March 2020 click here

Legalwise webinar Not-for-profit law critical updates and The Trusts Act and the impact on charities 12 March 2020 click here

Sue Barker is honoured to have been a visiting fellow at the University of Western Australia Law School, March 2020

Charities law needs shakeup, Fellowship winner says, LawTalk Issue 935, 29 November 2019 click here

Susan Barker wins International Research Fellowship New Zealand Law Society, 28 November 2019 click here

CCH Webinar Governance of charities and other not-for-profits 2019 Tuesday 19 November 2019

See also Governance of charitable trusts - and how the new Trusts Act 2019 might impact 6 December 2019 click here

Developing a community-led response to the review of the Charities Act - A consortium of 12 philanthropic trusts provided funding to Dave Henderson from Trust Democracy and Sue Barker to undertake some empirical research to feed into the review of the Charities Act. With the help of Strategic Grants, a questionnaire was created to gather input to feed into the review. Parry Field Lawyers, Grant Thornton, and RSM Hayes Audit provided venues for initial consultation meetings for the research. We received over 500 responses to the survey, which is a brilliant result, thank you! The results of the survey can be found here. Our report to our funders (via a webinar kindly hosted by Philanthropy New Zealand) can be found here. See also the presentation by Dave Henderson to the 2019 Charity Law conference here at about 26:24. For more information, please click here and here. Thank you very much to all for the fantastic support we have received!

The review of the Charities Act Fundraising New Zealand magazine, Series 31.2 May 2019 at 3

Victim Support right to hold off on Christchurch payouts - lawyer NewstalkZB interview, Mike Hosking 7 May 2019 click here

CCH Webinar Charities law update Tuesday 11 June 2019

Future prospects for charity law, accounting, and regulation conference, organised by the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand in partnership with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and with support from Charities Services, at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington 11-12 April 2019 click here

• Session 1 - Do charities need to be "regulated"? click here
• Session 7 - Review of the Charities Act click here

The review of the Charities Act concerns prompt survey New Zealand Law Society, Legal News 14 February 2019: click here 

Legalwise News Significant issues with review of the Charities Act 10 January 2019 click here

Legalwise News Charities Act review and importance of having input into the process 22 November 2018 click here

Legalwise Not-for-profits, trusts and charities law symposium Thursday 1 November 2018 0900-5.15pm, The Grand Mercure, Auckland

CCH Webinar Update on the review of the Charities Act Tuesday 27 November 2018 10.30-11.45am

Charities law update 2018 CCH Webinar, Tuesday 12 June 2018 2.30-3.45

Perspectives on charity law, accounting and regulation conference, organised by the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand in partnership with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and with support from Charities Services, at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington 26 and 27 April 2018 click here

• Session 2 - Are there too many charities in New Zealand? click here

Newstalk ZB Greenpeace being denied charitable status very disappointing - expert 21 March 2018 click here

The Rise and Fall (?) of two Charities Commissions: How Common Law Countries can Learn from the Experiences in New Zealand and Australia Fiona Martin, Susan Barker, Marina Nehme and Elen Seymour, New Zealand Universities Law Review 27 (2017) 4B December 2017 click here

Social enterprise in New Zealand - an overview CCH webinar 28 November 2017

Destiny Church charities caught out by 2015 law change NewstalkZB interview, Mike Hosking 23 November 2017 click here 

Community Minister says Destiny Church charity decision made on 'sound grounds' Victoria Young, National Business Review,  23 November 2017 click here

RNZ Checkpoint interview Government wants to be able to punish uncooperative charities 23 November 2017 click here

Newshub Why Destiny Church might avoid a tax bill despite charities' deregistration 23 November 2017 click here

Otago Daily Times School donation rebates under review 26 October 2017 click here

RNZ Checkpoint interview Destiny Church founders move into new "resort" home 24 October 2017 click here

NZ Herald Mt Albert Grammar appeals to parents to fund new buildings 19 October 2017 click here

RadioLive interview Two of Destiny Church's charities set to be stripped of tax-exempt status 3 October 2017 click here

Proud to be awarded Best Boutique Law Firm 2017 at the APAC Insider New Zealand Business Awards, see p114 of the APAC       Insider June 2017 issue

The Wire 95bFM Monday 29 May 2017 Charity registration - the difference between life and death click here

TVNZ Q + A, Sunday 21 May 2017 on freedom of expression and the Charities Registration Board's decision to deregister Family First 

RadioLive Drive with Alison Mau The issues with becoming a charity 17 May 2017 click here

CCH webinar Charities law update Tuesday 13 June 2017 2.30pm

Newsroom Inside Gloriavale: The Official Story 28 March 2017 click here

RNZ New financial reporting rules for registered charities 23 February 2017 click here

Stuff Kiwis Against Seabed Mining to challenge charitable status snub 6 January 2017 click here

Sue Barker is honoured to be a guest lecturer at the University of Otago Laws 485 Charity Law summer 2017, and to be an invited speaker at the University of Melbourne Law School Masters Course Charity Law for the 21st Century November 2016

Sue Barker is honoured to have been described in Parliament as "the person in the country with the most expertise in this area of law" (Charities Amendment Bill 71-2B second reading, NZPD Vol 718 1 November 2016) click here

Social housing - the canary in the coalmine, by Sue Barker and Raina Ng, Fundraising New Zealand magazine, November 2016  at 10.

Stuff Charities regulator risks becoming censor if Destiny Church is booted 25 November 2016 click here

Stuff Charity wins in High Court 3 October 2016 click here

22 September 2016, Government Administration Select Committee recommends that the proposal to remove charities' rights of appeal be struck out, click here

Sue Barker Charities Law is honoured to be a finalist for the Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the 2016 New Zealand Law Awards

In September 2016, Sue was made an Honorary National Life Member of the National Council of Women of New Zealand Incorporated, for her work assisting the Council to regain their charitable registration

New Zealand charities regulation and the Charities Amendment Bill, presentation to the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand 2016 Conference, Melbourne, 25-26 August 2016

LinkedIn "Let them eat cake" - what Brexit should tell us about charity regulation in New Zealand 9 July 2016 click here.

LinkedIn Charities beware: the government is trying to remove your rights of appeal 3 July 2016 click here

See also information about the Charities Amendment Bill and its proposal to remove charities' rights of appeal from Hui E! Community Aotearoa, New Zealand Trustees' Association, Community Housing Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa, Canterbury Migrants' Centre noticeboard, Platform Trust submission, and ActionStation petition. 

 IRD Obligations and the NFP sector - a tax update, Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, Not-for-profit
 Special Interest Group, Wednesday 18 May 2016 4.30-6pm, level 7, 50 Customhouse Quay, Wellington

CCH webinar Charities law update Tuesday 14 June 2016, 2.30-3.45

CCH webinar Governance of charities and other not-for-profits 2016 22 March 2016, 2.30-3.45

 Small scale charities struggle to keep status, TV 3 interview, Wednesday 2 September 2015

 RSM Hayes Audit Charities - the legal definition, changes and impact, 28 September 2015, 4.30-7pm, click here

 Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Auckland not-for-profit special interest group
 29 September 20150730-9am

CCH webinar Governance of charities and other not-for-profits Tuesday 18 August 2015 2.30-3.45pm

The National Council of Women litigation, Taxation Today, Thomson Reuters, March and April 2015, issues 81 and 82

Charities risk deregistration, Radio New Zealand National, 22 January 2015

 Charity wins in High Court, 16 December 2014, click here 

 CCH webinar The Supreme Court decision in Greenpeace - unintended consequences Tuesday 4 November 2014, 2.30 - 
  3.45pm

  Some comments by attendees:

  "Sue has excellent knowledge of the area and I would love to attend more webinars presented by her"

  "Clear explanation of the Supreme Court decision"

  "good coverage of topic"

 The charity taking on the IRD in the High Court, Interview with Kathryn Ryan, Radio New Zealand National, Nine to Noon,
 Monday 29 September 2014

 Hundreds affected by Supreme Court turn on Greenpeace - lawyer, National Business Review, 7 August 2014

 What next for Greenpeace, interview with Mike Hosking, NewstalkZB, 7 August 2014

 Supreme Court updated definition of charity 'a win for democracy', New Zealand News, 7 August 2014 

 Ruling gives protest groups hope, Marlborough Express, 7 August 2014, click here

  The Australian Nonprofit Sector Legal and Accounting Almanac 2013, Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Queensland University of
  Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2014 (see in particular chapter 4.2 for a 2013 calendar of developments in New Zealand)
  click here