# Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu

Largest South Island iwi. Treaty settlement in 1998 ($170M). Major commercial interests across property, tourism, fishing, and farming.

**Rohe:** Te Waipounamu (South Island)  
**Entity type:** Post-Settlement Governance Entity  
**Post-settlement governance entity:** Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu  
**Registered members:** 86,725

## Treaty settlement
Settled 1998-01-01. Total settlement $420.0M. Financial redress $170.0M. Given effect by the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.

**Cultural redress:** Apology by Crown restoring relationship; acknowledgment of tribal relationship with Aoraki; suite of legal instruments expressing customary associations and mechanisms for Kāi Tahu participation in environmental management; perpetual Right-of-First-Refusal over Crown assets; Deferred Selection Pool of $250m in purchase options over 12 months

## Financials (FY ending 2025-06-30)
| Measure | Value (NZD) |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $2.19B |
| Net assets | $1.75B |
| Total revenue | $336.8M |
| Surplus / (deficit) | $84.7M |

6 financial years held, 2020–2025.

## Commercial entities (57)
- **Agrodome** — tourism / agriculture, Company (NZ Companies Office 3512791)
- **Akaroa Salmon NZ Limited** — aquaculture / salmon, Company (NZ Companies Office 9398318)
- **All Blacks Experience** — tourism, Company
- **Banqer** — financial education technology, Company (NZ Companies Office 5525528)
- **Dark Sky Project** — tourism, Company
- **Dart River Adventures** — tourism, Company (NZ Companies Office 631961)
- **Fidelity Life** — insurance, Company
- **Franz Josef Glacier Guides** — tourism, Company (NZ Companies Office 1288582)
- **Franz Josef Glacier Hot Pools** — tourism - hot pools, Company
- **Go Bus** — transport, Company
- **GoBus** — passenger transport, Company
- **He Toki** — education / training, Trust
- **Headwaters NZ** — sheep genetics and farming technology, Company (NZ Companies Office 2073461)
- **Hilton Haulage** — transport / logistics, Company (NZ Companies Office 642492)
- **Hollyford Wilderness Experience** — tourism / wilderness, Company
- **Huka Falls Jet** — tourism, Company (NZ Companies Office 619780)
- **Hukafalls Jet** — tourism - jet boating, Company
- **Leaft** — food technology / plant protein, Company
- **Mint Aotearoa** — renewable energy, Joint Venture
- **National Kiwi Hatchery** — tourism / conservation, Company
- **Ngāi Tahu Capital** — financial_investments, Company (NZ Companies Office 840357)
- **Ngāi Tahu Charitable Trust** — charitable distribution, Trust
- **Ngāi Tahu Farming** — pastoral farming and dairy, Company (NZ Companies Office 615784)
- **Ngāi Tahu Farming and Forestry** — farming / forestry, Company
- **Ngāi Tahu Fisheries Settlement Ltd** — fisheries, Company (NZ Companies Office 533596)
- …and 32 more.

## Asset portfolio
- tourism: $59.0M
- property: $842.0M
- forestry: $128.0M
- fisheries_quota: $171.0M
- fisheries: $171.0M
- financial_investments: $562.0M
- farmland: $342.0M
- farming: $342.0M
- cultural: not disclosed

## Governance
50 current board members. Names, roles and governance fees are **not** available from this endpoint — iwi people data is deliberately excluded from machine-readable republication for privacy and tikanga reasons.

## Also a registered charity
Ngai Tahu Farming Limited (CC35601) — annual returns are on the Charities Register.

## Sources
- [Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (official website)](https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz) — The iwi’s own published material, which takes precedence over our reproduction of it.
- [Te Puni Kōkiri — Te Kāhui Māngai](https://www.tkm.govt.nz/) — Official directory of iwi, hapū and marae, and of post-settlement governance entities.
- [Te Arawhiti — Office for Māori Crown Relations](https://www.tearawhiti.govt.nz/te-kahui-whakatau-treaty-settlements/) — Deeds of settlement, Crown apologies and settlement legislation.
- [New Zealand Legislation](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/) — Settlement Acts.
- [Charities Services — Charities Register](https://register.charities.govt.nz/) — Annual returns and financial statements for registered charitable PSGEs.
- [New Zealand Companies Office](https://companies-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz/) — Incorporation, status and directors of iwi-owned companies.

## Citation
IwiData NZ, https://iwidata.co.nz/iwi-entities/ngai-tahu

Methodology: https://iwidata.co.nz/iwi-methodology · Data sources and corrections: https://iwidata.co.nz/iwi-data-sources

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