Te Runanga O Ngati Awa — Religion Charity in Whakatane
Te Runanga O Ngati Awa is a Trust charity in the Religion sector, based in Whakatane, Whakatane. CharityData rates this charity C- (57.3/100). Annual revenue: $13.0M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The purposes of the Runanga are to receive, manage and administer the Runanga’s Assets on trust for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion or any other object or purpose that is beneficial to the Ngati Awa community and shall include without limitation: (a) the promotion amongst Ngati Awa of the educational, spiritual, economic, social and cultural advancement or well-being of Ngati Awa and its Hapu; (b) the maintenance and establishment of places of cultural or spiritual significance to Ngati Awa; (c) the promotion amongst Ngati Awa of mental health and well-being of the aged or those suffering from mental or physical sickness or disability; and (d) any other charitable purpose that is beneficial to the Ngati Awa community.
- Registration Number
- CC10916
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-08-22
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C- (57.3/100)
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Whakatane, Whakatane
- Website
- http://www.ngatiawa.iwi.nz
- haley@ngatiawa.iwi.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $13.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $18.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $177.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $153.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 6.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 77
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.0M | $18.1M | $153.5M |
| 2024 | $15.6M | $19.4M | $149.3M |
| 2023 | $19.1M | $23.3M | $152.9M |
| 2022 | $28.2M | $26.2M | $149.3M |
| 2021 | $17.3M | $19.9M | $146.8M |
| 2020 | $14.5M | $17.1M | $125.7M |
| 2019 | $15.6M | $15.6M | $123.2M |
| 2018 | $23.2M | $15.3M | $123.9M |
| 2017 | $13.1M | $9.8M | $115.2M |
| 2016 | $6.7M | $8.9M | $114.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C-
- Overall Score
- 57.3/100
- Financial Score
- 72.5
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- 3 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Aroha Mead | Ngati-Awa-Ki-Whanganui-A-Tara-Hapu-Rep | 2025-12-10 |
Former Officers (70)
- Toni Smith — Ngai Tamapare Hapu Rep
- Lani Hepi — Tuariki Hapu Rep
- Patrick Young — Ngati Maumoana Hapu Rep
- Kathleen O'Brien — Ngai Tamawera Hapu Rep
- Rapata Kopae — Ngati Rangataua Hapu Rep
- Annette Wharewera-Ballard — Ngati-Hokopu-Te-Hokowhitu-A-Tu-Ki-Te-Rahui-Hapu-Rep
- Pouroto Ngaropo — Te Tawera Hapu Rep
- Tania Faulkner — Te Patuwai Hapu Rep
- Caroline Takotohiwi — Ngai Taiwhakaea Hapu Rep
- Ngahuia Eruera — Ngati Awa Ki Tamaki Makaurau Hapu Rep
- Arron Smith — Ngai Tamapare Board Representative (departed 2025-11-29)
- Te Whauhuia Koopu — Ngati Maumoana Board Representative (departed 2025-11-29)
- Mere Kingi — Ngati Pukeko Board Representative
- Vanessa August — Ngati Tuariki Board Representative (departed 2022-11-26)
- Vicki Murray — Ngai Tamapare Board Representative (departed 2022-06-27)
- Jay Mason — Ngati Awa Ki Tamaki Makaurau (departed 2024-11-30)
- William Stewart — Ngati Hokopu Ki Te Whare O Toroa
- Mark Harawira — Ngai Taiwhakaea Board Representative (departed 2022-11-26)
- Kemi Mokomoko — Warahoe Board Representative
- Vincent Copeland — Ngati Hokopu Ki Te Whare O Toroa Board Representative (departed 2019-10-30)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $1,622,215 | 2025 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $1,622,215 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Key Management Personnel | $1,622,215 | - |
| J Mather | Board Member | $61,000 | 2024 |
| J Mather | Board Member | $61,000 | - |
| T O'Brien | Chairperson | $47,000 | - |
| T O'Brien | Chairman | $47,000 | 2025 |
| T O'Brien | Chairperson | $47,000 | 2024 |
| M Harawira | Chairperson | $45,000 | 2022 |
| M Glen | Deputy Chair | $17,000 | - |
| M Glen | Deputy Chair | $17,000 | 2024 |
| T Barrett | Board Member | $10,000 | 2025 |
| T Barrett | Board Member | $10,000 | - |
| T Barrett | Board Member | $10,000 | 2024 |
| B Kigni | Board Member | $9,000 | 2024 |
| B Kigni | Board Member | $9,000 | 2025 |
| B Kigni | Board Member | $9,000 | - |
| C Takotohiwi | Board Member | $7,000 | - |
| C Takotohiwi | Board Member | $7,000 | 2024 |
| M Dodd | Board Member | $5,000 | 2024 |
| R Shortland | Board Member | $5,000 | 2024 |
| R Shortland | Board Member | $5,000 | - |
| M Dodd | Board Member | $5,000 | - |
| R Shortland | Board Member | $5,000 | 2025 |
| W Stewart | Board Member | $4,000 | 2024 |
| W Stewart | Board Member | $4,000 | - |
| L Hepi | Board Member | $4,000 | 2024 |
| L Hepi | Board Member | $4,000 | - |
| M Harawira | Chairperson (Representative) | $45 | 2020 |
| M Harawira | Representative | $45 | 2021 |
| J Mason | Trustee - The Ngali Awa Community Development Trust; Chairman (Deputy) | $31 | 2020 |
| B Tunui | Representative | - | 2021 |
| P Ngaropo | Chair, Trustee | - | 2022 |
| S Ratahi | Representative | - | 2025 |
| R Studer | Director | - | 2022 |
| M Dodd | Representative | - | 2022 |
| TK Merito | Representative | - | 2021 |
| V August | Representative | - | 2021 |
| D Birch | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| Jay Mason | Representative | - | 2022 |
| S Ratahi | Representative | - | 2021 |
| S Ratahi | Representative | - | 2020 |
| PS Drummond | Trustee - The Ngali Awa Community Development Trust; Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2020 |
| C Takotohiwi | Representative | - | 2025 |
| A Mead | Representative | - | 2025 |
| P Koopu | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| R Studer | Director - White Island Tours Limited, Tumurau GP Limited | - | 2020 |
| K Gardon | Director | - | 2022 |
| R O'Brien | Representative | - | 2021 |
| K Momomoko | Representative | - | 2021 |
| VM Carter | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| P Drummond | Director | - | 2022 |
| M Sisley | Representative | - | 2025 |
| P Koopu | Representative | - | 2021 |
| D Tulloch | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2025 |
| A Green | Trustee - The Ngati Awa Community Development Trust | - | 2021 |
| S Ratahi | Representative | - | 2022 |
| VM Carter | Director | - | 2022 |
| TA Barrett | Representative | - | 2025 |
| TA Barrett | Representative | - | 2020 |
| HW Hudson | Director | - | 2022 |
| B Tunui | Representative | - | 2020 |
| R Studer | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2025 |
| K Mokomoko | Representative | - | 2022 |
| W Stewart | Representative | - | 2022 |
| M Dodd | Representative | - | 2025 |
| J Mason | Chairman of the Board | - | 2021 |
| M Glen | Representative | - | 2021 |
| T Koopu | Representative | - | 2022 |
| A Tangitu | Representative | - | 2020 |
| TA Barrett | Representative | - | 2022 |
| D Birch | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited, Ngati Awa Asset Holdings Limited, White Island Tours Limited, Manu Hou GP Limited | - | 2020 |
| M Sisley | Representative | - | 2021 |
| S Tutua | Trustee - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2021 |
| B Kingi | Representative | - | 2022 |
| BP Quinn | Director | - | 2022 |
| AE De Farias | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2021 |
| BP Quinn | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited, Ngati Awa Forests Limited, Ngati Awa Properties Limited, Ngati Awa Fisheries Limited, Manu Hou GP Limited, Tumurau GP Limited, Ihukatia Trust, Omataroa Rangitaiki No.2 Trust, Putauaki Trust, Rotoehu Forest Trust | - | 2020 |
| A Green | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| S Tutua | Trustee - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2025 |
| T O'Brien | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited, Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2020 |
| R Shortland | Representative | - | 2020 |
| M Dodd | Representative | - | 2020 |
| A Tangitu | Representative | - | 2022 |
| P Drummond | Director - Ngati Awa The Strand Development GP Limited | - | 2021 |
| M Kingi | Representative | - | 2022 |
| K Mokomoko | Representative | - | 2025 |
| R O'Brien | Representative | - | 2022 |
| AE De Farias | Director | - | 2022 |
| B Kingi | Representative | - | 2021 |
| V August | Representative | - | 2022 |
| P Drummond | Director - Ngati Awa The Strand Development GP Limited | - | 2025 |
| A Smith | Representative | - | 2022 |
| BP Quinn | Director - White Island Tours Limited | - | 2025 |
| P Ngaropo | Trustee - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2025 |
| C Elliott | Director - Manu Hou GP Limited | - | 2021 |
| V Murray | Representative | - | 2020 |
| P Ngaropo | Chair - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust; Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2020 |
| A Morrison | Representative | - | 2025 |
| J Mather | Director | - | 2022 |
| M Glen | Representative | - | 2022 |
| C Wana | Director - Ngakauroa Dairy GP Limited | - | 2025 |
| V Carter | Director - Ngati Awa The Strand Development GP Limited | - | 2021 |
| R Shortland | Representative | - | 2022 |
| T O'Brien | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| Jay Mason | Representative | - | 2021 |
| M Paul | Director - Omataroa Orchard GP Limited | - | 2025 |
| A Wharekura | Director - Omataroa Orchard GP Limited | - | 2025 |
| JH Mason | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2020 |
| C Elliott | Director - Manu Hou GP Limited | - | 2025 |
| A Jaram | Trustee - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2021 |
| T Hook | Director - Ngati Awa The Strand Development GP Limited | - | 2021 |
| J Mather | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| Jay Mason | Representative | - | 2020 |
| C Elliott | Trustee - Putauaki Trust | - | 2020 |
| R Studer | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2021 |
| A Morrison | Representative | - | 2022 |
| R Shortland | Representative | - | 2021 |
| J Mather | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited, Ngati Awa Asset Holdings Limited | - | 2020 |
| M Araroа | Representative | - | 2025 |
| K Rei | Director | - | 2022 |
| M Sisley | Representative | - | 2020 |
| S Tutua | Trustee - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2020 |
| J Mather | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2025 |
| TK Merila | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2020 |
| B Tunui | Representative | - | 2022 |
| M Kingi | Representative | - | 2025 |
| T Mason | Trustee - The Ngali Awa Community Development Trust | - | 2020 |
| KS Gardon | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| W Stewart | Representative | - | 2021 |
| Ma Araroa | Representative | - | 2020 |
| W Stewart | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2020 |
| T Hook | Director | - | 2022 |
| M Sisley | Representative | - | 2022 |
| A Jaram | Trustee - The Ngali Awa Community Development Trust | - | 2020 |
| M Araroа | Representative | - | 2021 |
| V Copeland | Representative | - | 2020 |
| K Rei | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited, Ngati Awa Asset Holdings Limited | - | 2020 |
| K Rei | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| A Tangitu | Representative | - | 2021 |
| A Morrison | Representative | - | 2021 |
| W Studer | Director - Ngakauroa Dairy GP Limited | - | 2025 |
| D Glover | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2025 |
| P Koopu | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited, Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2020 |
| H Hudson | Director - Ngati Awa Forests Limited, Ngati Awa Properties Limited, Ngati Awa Fisheries Limited, Omataroa Rangitaiki No.2 Trust | - | 2020 |
| TA Barrett | Representative | - | 2021 |
| V Murray | Representative | - | 2021 |
| A Jaram | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| K Mokomoko | Representative | - | 2020 |
| A Jaram | Trustee - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2025 |
| P Ngaropo | Chair - Ngati Awa Research & Archives Trust | - | 2021 |
| BP Quinn | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| W Stewart | Representative | - | 2025 |
| L Hepi | Representative | - | 2025 |
| M Glen | Deputy Chairperson | - | 2025 |
| C Elliott | Director | - | 2022 |
| M Hepi | Representative | - | 2020 |
| B Kingi | Representative | - | 2025 |
| M Dodd | Representative | - | 2021 |
| D Birch | Director | - | 2022 |
| AE De Farias | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited, White Island Tours Limited, Tumurau GP Limited | - | 2020 |
| T O'Brien | Trustee - The Ngati Awa Community Development Trust | - | 2021 |
| B Kingi | Representative | - | 2020 |
| R O'Brien | Representative | - | 2025 |
| A Smith | Representative | - | 2025 |
| S Barrington Prowse | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2025 |
| M Araroea | Representative | - | 2022 |
| HW Hudson | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited | - | 2021 |
| A Green | Trustee - The Ngali Awa Community Development Trust | - | 2020 |
| JH Mason | Representative | - | 2021 |
| E Ratahi-Pryor | Representative | - | 2020 |
| Karl Gardon | Trustee - The Ngali Awa Community Development Trust | - | 2020 |
| T Koopu | Representative | - | 2025 |
| R Kopae | Representative | - | 2025 |
| TK Merito | Representative | - | 2022 |
| S Tutua | Trustee | - | 2022 |
| A Morrison | Director - Ngati Awa Farms Limited | - | 2020 |
| L Simpson | Chief Executive Officer | - | 2020 |
| N Eruera | Representative | - | 2025 |
| M Glen | Representative | - | 2020 |
| S Faulkner | Representative | - | 2025 |
| R O'Brien | Director - Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited (ceased 7/12/2018) | - | 2020 |
Funding Sources
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $30,000
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2022)
As disclosed in Te Runanga O Ngati Awa's annual report.
- Ngati Awa Farms (Rangitaiki) Joint Venture — $6,200,000 — Orchard development and kiwifruit license expenditure
- Manu Hou Limited Partnership — Capital commitment to Direct Capital IV
- Ngati Awa Assets Holdings Limited — Capital commitment to Te Puia Tapapa
Service Providers
- Sarah Spiers
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Te Runanga O Ngati Awa
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 22. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (KPMG) for 9 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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About
The purposes of the Runanga are to receive, manage and administer the Runanga’s Assets on trust for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion or any other object or purpose that is beneficial to the Ngati Awa community and shall include without limitation: (a) the promotion amongst Ngati Awa of the educational, spiritual, economic, social and cultural advancement or well-being of Ngati Awa and its Hapu; (b) the maintenance and establishment of places of cultural or spiritual significance to Ngati Awa; (c) the promotion amongst Ngati Awa of mental health and well-being of the aged or those suffering from mental or physical sickness or disability; and (d) any other charitable purpose that is beneficial to the Ngati Awa community.
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Ranked against 5 peers · Religion · $10M – $50M
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