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Topic Summaries

  • Treasurers and Financial Administrators

    The Connexional Office team are available to provide training on the following topics, as are necessary for our treasurers and financial administrations.

    Please contact the Connexional Office finance team if you would like further knowledge of any financial topics.

    • Introduction
    • Unofficial Position Description of a Treasurer
    • Explaining the Board of Administration
    • End-of-Year Financial Statements and Reporting Standards
    • Cash management, banking procedures and the bank
    • Charities Services and requirements
    • Goods and Services Tax
    • IT Services
    • Stipend, Wage and Time Records, HR Records
    • Tax Donation Receipts
    • Accounting Software
    • Methodist Trust Association
    • Church Building and Loan Fund
    • Annual Calendar Work Plan with key tasks and dates
  • Being an Employer

    Employment New Zealand, a department of Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, supply focussed, online modules about employers' responsibilities.

    These links will take you to the Employment NZ site.

    You will need to create an account with Employment New Zealand to access these courses.

    An Introduction to Your Employment Obligations

    Working Arrangements

    Employment Agreements

    Pay and Wages

    Hours of Work

    Annual Leave/Holidays

    Other Leave

    Resolving Problems

    Additionally, you may like to look at the Employment Agreement builder, developed by business.govt.nz. This tool helps you create tailored employment agreements for your staff. 

     

  • Property

    • Applications - SPAC and MCPC
    • Building Warrants of Fitness
    • Construction - Managing contracts
    • Green Grants
    • GST on Property
    • Heritage Buildings
    • Land Stories
    • Maintenance
    • Property purchase
    • Property sales
    • Property Strategies
    • Removals
    • Seismic Strengthening
    • Tenancies - Parsonage v Residential
    • Use of Capital funds
  • Safety

    • Safety Introduction
    • Emergency Response Plans
    • Emergency Response Teams
    • Evacuation Plans - Approvals
    • Stay safe online
    • Working Bees
    • Working at Height

    View more details here

    Go to the Property tab for Asbestos
    Go to Te Hāpai ō ki Muri tab for Governance - responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
  • Privacy Act

    Privacy Act Principles

    Privacy Act 2020

    Privacy ABC

    Privacy 101

    Employment and Privacy

    Privacy Breach Reporting

    Privacy ABC for Schools

    Health ABC

    Health 101

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  • Te Hāpai Ō Ki Muri

    Work in progress

    • Parish Reviews
    • Governance
    • Tenancies - Parsonage v Residental