Te Whanau a Apanui, Te Whakatohea and Ngati Porou

BBS Finance, PGradDip Marketing and Logistics, MBA with distinction, PGradDip Business Research, Harvard Business School Exec Program International Finance and Global Strategy.
Extensive New Zealand and international business experience and connections across Asia, North America, UK and Europe.

When not working, can’t get enough time with two grandsons.

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Te Uri o Hau, Ngāti Whatua, Ngāti Porou, Te Whanau A Apanui, Ngāti Hine.

Rawson leads and advocates for several large Māori business initiatives in farming, forestry, and economic development. He has collaborated on indigenous research in South America and enjoys the relationships with our whanaunga in Canada, USA, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Australia, and the Pacific. His expertise lies in farming, forestry, carbon trading, housing, and IT. He has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from University of Auckland and NZ TCB in Dairy Farming.

Te Arawa, Tainui and Ngāti Porou.

Te Taru has more than 30 years’ experience in a wide range of professions ranging from scientific research to change management, human resource management, indigenous tribal development, facilitation of government consultation processes and provision of key policy advice. He has held leadership positions at National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, the New Zealand Māori, Arts and Crafts Institute and Te Puia.

Rārua/Te Ati Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Ātiawa, Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Rārua, Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia. M.Ed (Distinction) B.A. Public Policy

Tainui, Tūwharetoa, Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāi Tahu.

Dr Joseph completed his Bachelor and Master of Laws degrees at Waikato and was admitted to the Bar in 1998. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and was a senior research fellow for the Te Mātāhauariki Research Institute at the University of Waikato under the leadership of Judge Michael Brown and Dr Alex Frame. Dr Joseph completed a PhD in Law in 2006.

(Tūhoe, Whakatōhea) BA LLB AGNZ is principal of Te Whenua Law and Consulting, assisting organisations to realise a commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi and enhance responsiveness to Māori.

Tania is a graduate of Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori Resource Management and Bachelor of Laws majoring in commercial and international law.

She is also a chartered associate member of Governance New Zealand and a committee member, Governance New Zealand Women on Boards. In addition, Tania is a member of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Rivers Advisory Committee and a Local Government Development Contributions Commissioner.

Tania is interested in Māori social and economic advancement through sustainable commercial development, strategic relationship building and international trade. She is a former board member Global Focus, current lead Māori advisor to the Asia New Zealand Foundation and current legal counsel to the Federation of New Zealand Multicultural Councils. She is an inaugural alumnus of INDIGI-X, an international indigenous to indigenous trade exchange programme, and is currently contributing to an INDIGI-X report funded by the Indigenous Affairs Canada which aims to enhance Canadian First Nations fisheries trade to Asia modelled upon successful Māori fisheries enterprises.

As the mokopuna of Claude Edwards (Te Whakatōhea) and Waipiro Ihe (Ngāi Tūhoe) Tania recognises that international exploration, strategic relationship-building and trade are key tenets of Māori culture and is proud to work in this area as sustainable commercial development and global expansion are and have always been in accordance with our tikanga.

Ngāti Awa ki Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Manaia ki Ngāpuhi, Uri o Pou ki Ngāpuhi.

John holds multiple chairman and executive roles focusing on research and development for whānau, hapū, and iwi trusts and charitable organisations. John is also a Policy Advisor for the Māori interest within Article 2 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Victor has held governance and executive roles across numerous sectors, including Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for Ngāti Porou Forest Limited, Director of Awanui-Moana Limited Partnership, Independent Director of Ngāti Pahauwera Commercial Development Limited and Trustee of the Mānuka Charitable Trust. He has also been the National Operations Manager of ApiMed Medical Honey Limited, the General Manager of Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, CEO of Te Aupouri Iwi and Group CEO of Te Kaahui o Rauru.