# Rongowhakaata

Gisborne iwi. Treaty settlement in 2012. Tairāwhiti Museum (Tairawhiti) cultural redress.

**Rohe:** Tairāwhiti (Gisborne)  
**Post-settlement governance entity:** Rongowhakaata Settlement Trust

## Treaty settlement
Settled 2011-01-01. Given effect by the Rongowhakaata Deed of Settlement.

**Cultural redress:** Fishing quota and shares received through Rongowhakaata Treaty of Waitangi Settlement

## Financials (FY ending 2025-06-30)
| Measure | Value (NZD) |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $76.8M |
| Total revenue | $4.4M |
| Commercial revenue | $918k |
| Employees | 22 |

10 financial years held, 2016–2025.

## Commercial entities (4)
- **Rongowhakaata Iwi Asset Holding Company Limited** — fisheries / asset management, Company (NZ Companies Office 1821484)
- **Rongowhakaata Settlement Trust** — settlement assets, Trust
- **Tūranga Group Holdings Limited** — commercial / property / nursery / tourism, Company (NZ Companies Office 4192878)
- **Tūranga Health** — health, Company

## Asset portfolio
- financial_investments: $21.3M
- property: not disclosed
- fisheries_quota: not disclosed
- commercial: not disclosed
- other: $6.1M

## Governance
22 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
Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust (CC39070) — annual returns are on the Charities Register.

## Sources
- [Rongowhakaata (official website)](https://rongowhakaata.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/rongowhakaata

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

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