# Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō

Top of the South iwi. Treaty settlement in 2010.

**Rohe:** Te Tau Ihu (Marlborough/Nelson)  
**Post-settlement governance entity:** Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Trust  
**Registered members:** 3,889

## Treaty settlement
Settled 2010-10-28. Financial redress $8.4M.

**Cultural redress:** 10 Te Tauihu school properties (leased from Ministry of Education); Nelson Courthouse (interim agreement under negotiation due to Stafford litigation); rights to rohe and settlement-defined areas of interest; Customary Marine Title and Protected Customary Rights in marine areas

## Financials (FY ending 2025-03-31)
| Measure | Value (NZD) |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $104.1M |
| Net assets | $99.6M |
| Total revenue | $2.5M |
| Surplus / (deficit) | $-1.1M |

## Commercial entities (14)
- **Aotearoa Fisheries Limited** — fisheries, Company (NZ Companies Office 449823)
- **Building ConneXion Limited** — retail / building supplies, Company (NZ Companies Office 1198301)
- **Goldsworthy Apiaries Limited** — apiculture, Company (NZ Companies Office 5718934)
- **Hāpai Housing Limited Partnership** — housing, Limited Partnership
- **Kurahaupō 2018 Limited Partnership** — property, Joint Venture
- **Maara Moana HC Limited** — aquaculture, Company (NZ Companies Office 6872915)
- **Maara Moana Limited Partnership** — aquaculture, Joint Venture
- **Mountain Valley Honey Limited Partnership** — primary production, Limited Partnership
- **Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Assets Holding Company Limited** — fisheries, Company
- **Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Charitable Trust** — operational activities, Trust
- **Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Investments Limited** — investments, Company (NZ Companies Office 4404980)
- **Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Investments Limited Partnership** — investments, Limited Partnership
- **Ngāti Apa Whakaea Limited Partnership** — property, Limited Partnership
- **Southern Hops Limited** — horticulture / agriculture, Company (NZ Companies Office 8145625)

## Asset portfolio
- property: $4.6M
- fisheries_quota: $7.8M
- aquaculture: $1.3M
- financial_investments: $60.5M
- commercial: $2.8M
- other: $2.8M

## Governance
12 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
Ngati Apa Ki Te Ra To Assets Holding Company Limited  (CC57503) — annual returns are on the Charities Register.

## Sources
- [Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō (official website)](https://www.ngatiapakiterato.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.
- [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/ngati-apa-ki-te-ra-to

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

*Iwi data is a taonga. IwiData republishes information iwi and Crown agencies have already made public, and recognises that authority over Māori data rests with Māori. May contain errors; the iwi’s own published material takes precedence.*