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NewsEPILEPSY FOUNDATION RELATIONSHIP CEASES18 Mar 2009 After many years of co-operation, the Epilepsy Association of New Zealand Inc (Epilepsy New Zealand) has severed it’s ties with the Epilepsy Foundation.
Epilepsy New Zealand’s Board met in December 2008 and passed a resolution to disestablish the relationship.
The Board’s concern was that donors were given the impression by the Epilepsy Foundation that donations were being retained in the donor’s local area and supporting the Association. Donors believed they were helping local Epilepsy New Zealand Branches and the local community, which was not the case.
In fact over the last three years the Epilepsy Foundation has received donations of $2.82 million, and was paying approximately 75% of donations to the telemarketer, whilst approximately 22.5% went to the Foundation for managing its office in Hamilton, and only approximately 2.5% (i.e. two and a half cents in every dollar) was going to the local Epilepsy New Zealand Branch to enable it to assist people with epilepsy. 
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