Trustees and Trust Rotation

  New Corporate Trustee Model

The new Corporate Trustee model was approved by the Maori Land Court at a hearing in Rotorua on 2 May 2024. This is now part of our Trust Order. As previously outlined the existing 7 individual Trustees are replaced with a new company Trustee and they become Directors of the new Trustee Company called Tumu Kaituna 14 Trustee Company Limited.

Trustees Anaru Bidois and Waldo Houia have decided to step down and we sincerely thank Anaru and Waldo for their guidance and contributions to the Trust since their appointment in 1990. Nominations for the three Hapū Endorsed Director positions closed at 4pm on Friday 25 July 2025, in which three valid nominations. 

The new Trust Order provision can be located here.

The Current Trustees who become Directors are:

  • Malcolm Short (Chair)
  • Geoffrey Rice
  • Uenuku Fairhall
  • Georgina Whata
  • Matire Duncan
  • Ngahihi Bidois
  • Tarewa Rota

Read the trustees bios here.

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