# Ngāti Ruanui

South Taranaki iwi. Treaty settlement in 2003.

**Rohe:** South Taranaki  
**Post-settlement governance entity:** Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust  
**Registered members:** 12,000

## Treaty settlement
Given effect by the Māori Fisheries Act 2004; Taranaki Maunga redress (read for first time in Parliament during 2023-24).

**Cultural redress:** Received settlement proceeds in accordance with Māori Fisheries Act 2004 (from 1 April 2006) including fishing quota allocation and shares in Aotearoa Fisheries Limited

## Financials (FY ending 2024-03-31)
| Measure | Value (NZD) |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $77.9M |
| Net assets | $74.0M |
| Total revenue | $16.3M |
| Commercial revenue | $1.2M |
| Surplus / (deficit) | $756k |
| Employees | 93 |

3 financial years held, 2014–2024.

## Commercial entities (3)
- **Ngati Ruanui Fishing Limited** — fisheries, Company (NZ Companies Office 1773938)
- **Ngati Ruanui Holdings Corporation Limited** — investment, Company (NZ Companies Office 1824549)
- **Ngati Ruanui Tahua Limited** — health, education, welfare, Company

## Asset portfolio
- fisheries_quota: $2.8M
- financial_investments: $55.6M
- other: $107k
- property: $12.4M

## Governance
17 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 Ruanui Tahua Limited (CC50295) — annual returns are on the Charities Register.

## Sources
- [Ngāti Ruanui (official website)](https://www.ruanui.co.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/ngati-ruanui

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

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