Editing Destiny Church (New Zealand) (section)

===Revocation of tax-exempt status===
Allegedly more than 100,000 people had signed a petition calling for the New Zealand Government to revoke Destiny Church's tax-free status, reports say that this petition was in response to Tamaki's remarks blaming gays for the [[2010 Christchurch earthquake|2010]] and [[2011 Christchurch earthquake]]s, and church co-founder Hannah Tamaki's purchase of a brand new Mercedes-Benz in mid-August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Plumb|first1=Simon|title=Government moves to strip Destiny Church charities of their tax-exempt status|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/government-moves-strip-destiny-church-charities-their-tax-exempt-status|accessdate=23 April 2018|publisher=[[1News]]|date=3 October 2017|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423114958/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/government-moves-strip-destiny-church-charities-their-tax-exempt-status|url-status=live}}</ref> In early October 2017, the [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Department of Internal Affairs]] issued notice to remove two of Destiny Church's biggest charities, Destiny International Trust and Te Hahi o Nga Matamua Holdings, of their charitable status. Destiny Church took immediate legal action and subsequently to date they still retain their charitable status with the Department of Internal Affairs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Henry|first1=Dubby|title=Destiny charities to be stripped of tax-exempt status|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11946864|accessdate=23 April 2018|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=23 November 2017|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170105/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11946864|url-status=live}}</ref> In late October 2019, the High Court restored the charitable status of Destiny International Trust and Te Hāhi o Ngā Mātāmua Holdings. Destiny's lawyer Ron Mansfield confirmed that the two charities were complying with the law.<ref>{{cite news |title=Destiny Church charities status reinstated after earlier being deregistered |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12280472 |accessdate=15 November 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=29 October 2019 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114231840/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12280472 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In February 2022, the Department of Internal Affairs delisted four Destiny-link charities for failing to file their annual returns by 31 December 2021.<ref name="Stuff Destiny deregistered 2022">{{Cite news|date=15 February 2022|title=Destiny Church charities removed from register for failure to file annual returns|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127784607/destiny-church-charities-removed-from-register-for-failure-to-file-annual-returns|access-date=28 June 2022|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529052437/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127784607/destiny-church-charities-removed-from-register-for-failure-to-file-annual-returns|archive-date=29 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2025, [[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]] reported that the Destiny Church's trust, Te Hahi O Nga Matamua Holdings Limited, owed a combined total of NZ$2.68 million to several creditors including the [[Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)|Inland Revenue Department]] (IRD) and a plumbing company. In early November 2025, the [[High Court of New Zealand|Auckland High Court]] granted the IRD'S application to have the company liquidated. Te Hari O Ngat Matamua Holdings is directed by Jennifer Marshall, the assistant to Tamaki, who has contested the report.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peacock |first1=Alice |title=Liquidator’s first report for Destiny Church entity shows $2.7m owed |url=https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/liquidators-first-report-for-destiny-church-entity-shows-2-7m-owed/ |website=[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]] |access-date=22 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251221220257/https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/10/liquidators-first-report-for-destiny-church-entity-shows-2-7m-owed/ |archive-date=21 December 2025 |date=10 December 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>