Institutional Profile 2026
Awqaf New Zealand
الأوقاف النيوزيلندية
"Sustainable Life — An Endowment That Inspires and Enriches"
"Sustainable Life — An Endowment That Inspires and Enriches"
Awqaf New Zealand is a charitable trust incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act and has been a registered charity in New Zealand since 2011 — Registration No. CC46694 — regulated by Charities Services (Ngā Ratonga Kaupapa Atawhai). Our governance, officers, annual returns and financial statements are held publicly on the official Charities Register.
⚖️ Verify our registration on the NZ Charities Register →As a registered New Zealand charity, we file annual returns and financial statements that are publicly available. Our latest performance report is below; full annual returns are held on the official Charities Register.
The General Secretariat of Awqaf — Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF) is the government body designated the “Coordinating State for the Islamic world's waqf efforts” by the 6th Conference of Ministers of Awqaf (Jakarta, 1997). KAPF has supported Awqaf New Zealand from day one, and was the first international Awqaf body to invite us to its events and forums.
In 2013, the KAPF Secretary General personally congratulated Awqaf NZ on winning the Islamic Economy Award — the beginning of a partnership now advancing toward the 12th Waqf Fiqh Issues Forum.
Awqaf New Zealand regards itself as an extension of the efforts of the General Secretariat of Awqaf (KAPF) and its pioneering global mission in the service of waqf.
In 2013, driven by our Zero-Waste Qurbani objective, Awqaf New Zealand set out to re-engineer the modern Awqaf industry — pioneering a digital, temporary cash-waqf model now studied and cited across the global waqf and Islamic-finance sector.
Awqaf New Zealand is a pioneering waqf institution established in 2011, specialising in developing innovative, Shariah-compliant endowment solutions that empower vulnerable communities worldwide. Operating from New Zealand with a growing global humanitarian footprint, the organisation transforms underutilised charitable resources into sustainable waqf revenues.
We deliver impactful relief and development programmes without discrimination, guided by the enduring principles of Islamic endowment — creating perpetual benefit for donors, beneficiaries, and future generations alike.
From a volunteer initiative in 2011 to a globally engaged pioneer of temporary cash waqf — the milestones of a fast-moving fifteen-year journey:
A glimpse of fifteen years — award ceremonies, international workshops, forums and partnerships.
The Awqaf NZ Smart Waqf Fund is a milestone global achievement — a pioneering model in contemporary waqf financing that transforms temporary cash contributions into permanent, income-generating waqf assets through fully Shariah-compliant structures.
Contributions are channelled into strategic productive assets — farms, agri-projects, and community enterprises — whose returns continuously finance development programmes, humanitarian relief, and further growth of the waqf capital itself. A self-reinforcing cycle of perpetual benefit.
Awqaf New Zealand leads the world's first Zero Qurbani Waste model through purpose-built Qurbani Sheep Dairy Farms. Every element of the sacrificial animal — meat, milk, wool, skin, and by-products — is systematically converted into lasting economic and social value.
