# Tapuika

Western Bay of Plenty iwi. Treaty settlement in 2014.

**Rohe:** Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty  
**Post-settlement governance entity:** Tapuika Iwi Authority

## Treaty settlement
No Treaty settlement is recorded for this entity in our data. That is not evidence no settlement exists — Te Arawhiti is authoritative.

## Financials (FY ending 2025-06-30)
| Measure | Value (NZD) |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $28.8M |
| Net assets | $25.5M |
| Total revenue | $6.9M |
| Surplus / (deficit) | $503k |
| Employees | 48 |

10 financial years held, 2016–2025.

## Commercial entities (5)
- **Pūwhenua Forestry Holdings Limited** — forestry, Company
- **Rangiuru Business Park** — property / commercial development, Joint Venture
- **Tapuika Holdings Limited** — investment holding company, Company
- **Tapuika Whenua Limited** — property and land management, Company
- **Te Rūnanga-ā-iwi o Tapuika** — governance and cultural, Trust

## Asset portfolio
- financial_investments: $4.2M
- forestry: not disclosed
- fisheries_quota: not disclosed
- property: not disclosed
- commercial: not disclosed
- other: not disclosed

## Governance
15 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
Tapuika Iwi Authority Development Trust (CC51678) — annual returns are on the Charities Register.

## Sources
- [Tapuika (official website)](https://tapuika.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.
- [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/tapuika

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

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