Celebrate the cars
Promote the Franklin Hop classic car and hot rod show in the Clarks Beach and Waiau Pa area.
Franklin Hop Trust
Classic cars.
Community giving.
Franklin Hop Trust is a registered New Zealand charity that uses a classic car and hot rod event to raise and distribute funds for community groups across Franklin, Auckland and Waikato.
Why Franklin Hop exists
A motoring event with a local purpose
The trust's public charitable purpose is centred on bringing people together through Franklin Hop, then directing event proceeds to community organisations and social-need projects in the wider region.
Raise local funds
Use the event to raise funds that can be shared with community groups in Auckland, Franklin and Waikato.
Back community work
Support organisations responding to social needs and helping to improve conditions for people experiencing social distress.
FY2025 annual return
The latest published financial snapshot
The figures below are drawn from the trust's FY2025 annual return. They are presented as public charity information, not as a donation request.
Gross income
NZ$32,971
FY2025 total gross income
Expenditure
NZ$28,838
FY2025 total expenditure
Grants paid
NZ$6,200
Grants or donations paid during FY2025
Annual returns
6
Publicly recorded across FY2020 to FY2025
Next event published by the current site
14 March
2027
The current Franklin Hop website has published a Franklin Hop event for this date. Please use that current website for any live event details, registrations or announcements.
Looking ahead
Keep current details with the current official site
Event dates, vehicle registrations, donation options and contact forms from the historical pahop.org website are not treated as current here. The current public website is the right place for live event information.
Open franklinhop.orgPublic register information
Franklin Hop Trust
Charity number
CC57682
NZBN
9429047877580
Registration status
Registered
Charity registration
10 January 2020
Legal structure
Charitable Trusts incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act
Registered address
5A Seaway Road, Clarks Beach 2122, New Zealand
Public contact email
admin (at) pahop (dot) org
Current public website
www.franklinhop.org
Verified milestones
The story behind the name
The archived event website traces the community event to 2014. Public records then show the trust's charity registration in 2020 and its later transition to the Franklin Hop brand and current website.
Event established
The archived organisation website states that the Waiau Pa Hop event was established in 2014.
Charity registration
Franklin Hop Trust was registered as a New Zealand charity under CC57682.
Franklin Hop identity
Archived pages show the move to the Franklin Hop name, followed by the current franklinhop.org public website.
Historic-domain note.
Historical pages confirm that pahop.org previously belonged to the same charity and used the Waiau Pa Hop / Franklin Hop identity. The domain was verified as unavailable on 26 July 2026, while the charity itself remains registered and maintains the current public website at franklinhop.org. Historical email addresses, forms, registrations and donation links are intentionally not reused here.