# Te Arawa Lakes Trust

Rotorua lakes iwi confederation. Treaty settlement in 2006. Manages 14 Te Arawa lakes.

**Rohe:** Rotorua, Bay of Plenty  
**Post-settlement governance entity:** Te Arawa Lakes Trust  
**Registered members:** 23,484

## Treaty settlement
Settled 2006-01-01. Financial redress $10.0M. Given effect by the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006.

**Cultural redress:** Ownership of 14 lake beds (Tarawera, Tikitapu, Rotoituanui, Ngapoui, Tutaeinanga, Rotoiti, Okati, Rotoma, Rotomahana, Okaro, Rotorua, Okareka, Rerewhakaaitu, Ngahewa). Co-management arrangement with councils for water management. Te Arawa Lakes Fisheries Regulations 2006 establishing Te Komiti Whakahaere for sustainable management of taonga fisheries.

## Financials (FY ending 2025-06-30)
| Measure | Value (NZD) |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $102.4M |
| Net assets | $74.9M |
| Total revenue | $20.5M |
| Commercial revenue | $10.8M |
| Surplus / (deficit) | $383k |
| Employees | 22 |

## Commercial entities (12)
- **Kupenga Raraunga Limited** — data services, Company (NZ Companies Office 7820696)
- **Maketu Foods Limited** — food manufacturing, Company
- **Maketu Pies IP Limited** — intellectual property, Company (NZ Companies Office 9318933)
- **PB & DV Holdings Limited** — aviation, property, Company (NZ Companies Office 1827088)
- **Rotorua Lake Holding #2 Limited** — holding, Company (NZ Companies Office 7820696)
- **Taki-O-Autahi GP Limited** — telehealth services, Joint Venture (NZ Companies Office 8768411)
- **Taki-O-Autahi Limited Partnership** — telehealth services, Joint Venture
- **TALT Holdings No 1 Limited** — holding, Company (NZ Companies Office 9351748)
- **TAML Holdings No.1 Limited** — holding, Company (NZ Companies Office 9351710)
- **Te Arawa Management Limited** — property, agricultural, tourism, commercial, Company (NZ Companies Office 1862236)
- **Te Arawa Tipu Limited** — other, Company (NZ Companies Office 8166779)
- **Volcanic Wunderflites Limited** — aviation, Company (NZ Companies Office 8770788)

## Asset portfolio
- property: $38.2M
- farming: $24.7M
- cultural: $1
- financial_investments: $6.0M
- other: not disclosed
- aquaculture: $6.3M
- forestry: $25.3M

## 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
Te Arawa Management Limited (CC43132) — annual returns are on the Charities Register.

## Sources
- [Te Arawa Lakes Trust (official website)](https://tearawa.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/te-arawa-lakes

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

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