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Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
Iwi Organisation
Auckland/Hauraki Gulf iwi. Treaty settlement in 2018.
Total Assets
$34.2M
Revenue
$5.2M
Officers
25
Subsidiaries
7
Iwi Details
- Rohe (Region)
- Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Motutapu a Taikehu
- Registered Members
- 1,580
- Auditor
- Cookson Forbes & Associates Ltd
- Audit Opinion
- Unmodified
Treaty Settlement
Settlement information not yet available for this iwi.
Current Officers
25N
Nini Smith
Chair
R
Rewa Billy Brown
Chair
J
John Robertson
Chair
L
Laurissa Cooney
Chair - Audit & Risk Committee
J
John Robertson
Chair - Charitable Investment Trust
D
Davika Wilson (nee Maxwell)
Deputy Chair
A
Anita Killeen
Deputy Chair
B
Barry Bublitz
Deputy Chair
N
Nini Smith
Deputy Chair
D
Davika Wilson
Deputy Chair - Community Development Trust, Trustee
N
Nini Smith
Deputy Chair - Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Trust, Chair - Community Development Trust
V
Vanessa Reynolds
Trustee
+ 13 more officers
Service Providers
Auditor(1)
Cookson Forbes
2025Strategic Priorities
121Whakapakari te reo me te tikanga o Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki – language and cultural practice growth, with target of 200 competent pūkenga/experts by 2032
2Ko te tahā huahua hei whakaruruhau – asset growth and safe investment, target $50M asset base by 2032
3He tai pākato – systemise operations for excellent performance with strong culture and best practice systems
4Nāku te rourou nau te rourou – partnerships for iwi prosperity, target 25-50 whānau experiencing significant health/quality of life/wealth improvement
5Environmental restoration and taiao protection - biodiversity conservation, pest eradication, taonga species translocation
6Financial growth, stability and wellbeing of people
7Engagement with members through communications, wānanga and iwi register management
8Defend Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki mana whenua, mana moana and mana tāngata
9Education pathways and rangatahi empowerment
10Hauora strategy development and health improvement pathways
+ 2 more priorities
Key Risks
8Economic uncertainty and property market downturn affecting commercial returns
Government policy and legislative changes against mana of Māoridom
Legal challenges to iwi authority and rights
Reliance on property development returns for operational costs
Marine biosecurity threats - Exotic Caulerpa threatening moana biodiversity
Overfishing impacting moana health and biodiversity
Cost of living pressures
Maintaining resilience amid external political and economic pressures
Kanoa Regional Development Funding
Government regional development funding from MBIE
$1,180,220
1 project
Motutapu Land Restoration Project
The Project focuses on tribal-led restoration of the mauri of Motutapu through the planting of up to 123,200 trees and shrubs, across 28 hectares of whenua at Hukunui.
Provincial Growth FundNationalContracted
$1,180,220
$1,141,220 paid