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The Ozanam House Trust

History of the trust

On 2nd February 1971, The Saint Vincent de Paul Society (Manawatu District Council) Trust Board (then called "The Saint Vincent de Paul Society (Palmerston North Particular Council) Trust Board") and the Cancer Society of New Zealand (Manawatu Centre) Incorporated instituted a charitable trust under the name "The Ozanam House Trust". The Trust was formed for the benefit of the community generally and, in particular, for those members of the wider community receiving medical, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic and other treatment in Palmerston North under the generic title of "Cancer"

The Trust commenced its work by assuming responsibility for, and ownership of, the property previously purchased and operated for the above mentioned purposes by The Saint Vincent de Paul Society (Manawatu District Council) Trust Board since November 1966.

Since the inception of the Trust in 1971, the following representatives of the two founding Societies of the Trust listed below have served.


Present Trustees and Administrators

TrusteesTermTerms as Chairperson
WILLIAM M BLY
15/11/2005 –

20/11/2007 – 07/09/2010
17/07/2018 – 20/07/2021
Community Representative- 20/07/2021

ROGER A CLARK
20/11/2007 – 30/6/2011
14/11/2023 –
07/09/2010 – 23/08/2011
PETER GRIFFIN
20/11/2020 -

26/02/2023

PENNY O'LEARY
20/11/2020 -
TERRY OLSEN
26/07/2022 -

TrusteesTermTerms as Chairperson
DAVID M MITCHELL
02/02/1971 - 10/06/1975
26/01/1971 – 10/06/1975
ANDREW B RYAN
02/02/1971 – 13/09/1990

10/06/197 – 19/11/1978
10/12/1985 – 21/06/1988

NORMAN A NASH
02/02/1971 – 18/11/1975
LESLIE P WALDEN
02/02/1971 – 20/11/2007

17/09/1980 – 20/07/1983
14/11/1989 – 17/09/1991
02/09/1997– 21/09/1999
15/11/2005 – 20/11/2007

DONALD W URQUHART
10/06/1975 – 5/07/1982

19/11/1978 – 17/09/1980

ARTHUR J BARTLETT
18/11/1975 – 10/12/1985
20/07/1983 – 10/12/1985
PERCY V BYDDER
5/07/1982 – 2/10/1984
9/11/1993 – 12/11/2002
10/10/1995 – 02/09/1997
21/09/1999 – 13/11/2001
DAVID C CORDERY
2/10/1984 – 9/11/1993
21/06/1988 – 14/11/1989
IAN C STUART
10/12/1985 – 14/11/1989
IAN C MARK
14/11/1989 – 5/11/1998
17/09/1991 – 9/11/1993
KATE MCKENZIE
5/11/1998 – 11/10/2000
CLIFFORD W CRAVEN
5/11/1990 – 7/09/2010
9/11/1993 – 10/10/1995
13/11/2001 – 27/11/2003
BERNARD J FORDE
11/10/2000 – 7/09/2010
27/11/2003 – 15/11/2005
NATALIE HOPE
12/11/2002 – 15/11/2005
TERENCE P COMBER
16/11/2010 – 26/07/2022
23/08/2011 – 19/08/2014
PETER G NOBLE-CAMPBELL
16/11/2010 – 20/11/2020
19/08/2014 - 27/07/2016
BERNARD P O'CONNOR
23/08/2011 – 25/02/2023

20/07/2016 – 17/07/2018
20/07/2021 –  25/02/2023


Secretary
ANTHONY W FINNIGAN
26/01/1971 – 30/6/2011
ROGER A CLARK
01/07/2011 – 14/11/2023
Secretary
MIRIAM PEEL
14/11/2023 -

Administrators
DORA ASHER
01/04/1967 – 12/12/1969*
JENNIFER L DALLEY
13/09/1969 – 21/06/1973
22/06/1973 – 1/06/1978
MERLE A WILKIN
26/06/1978 – 1/10/1986
MOLLIE J O'DONNELL
7/10/1986 – 30/10/1992
EILEEN D DAY
2/11/1992 – 30/01/2015
EILEEN N COLLINS
12/01/2015 – 27/01/2017
GLENYS BROUGHAM & MEG DE JOUX
28/01/2017 – 15/04/2022
Administrators
GLENYS BROUGHAM
15/04/2022 -