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Raukawa Settlement Trust

Iwi Organisation

South Waikato iwi. Treaty settlement in 2014.

Total Assets
$283.0M
Revenue
$16.2M
Officers
44
Subsidiaries
11

Iwi Details

Rohe (Region)
South Waikato
Registered Members
9,700
Auditor
PwC
Audit Opinion
Unmodified

Treaty Settlement

Settlement information not yet available for this iwi.

Distributions to Beneficiaries

$5.3M
Education
$100K
Marae
$282K

FY2024-25 total distributions of $5.3m paid by RIDL to parent entities. Grant distributions totalled $766,792: Marae grants $282,124 across 16 marae; Education grants $100,125 (129 recipients across Bachelor, Masters, Doctorate, Diploma, Certificate and Short Course levels); Kaumātua wellbeing grants $318,528 (482 recipients for medical treatment, utility costs, food and other support); Sports grants $10,000 (43 athletes at local, regional and national levels); Discretionary grants $56,015. Proposed FY2025-26 allocation: $1,102,000 total including increase to marae grants ($632,000) and education grants ($110,000).

Current Officers

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V
Vanessa Eparaima
Chair (resigned July 2021)
J
John Spencer
Chair of Raukawa Iwi Development Ltd
D
C
J
Jon Stokes
Director
D
A

+ 32 more officers

Service Providers

Auditor(1)
PwC
2020–2025
Bankers(4)
ASB

banking

2020
Bank of New Zealand

banking services

2022–2025
BNZ

banking

2020
Westpac

primary banker

2020–2025
Legal Advisors(2)
Baden Vertongen
2021
Kāhui Legal
2021
Investment Managers(5)
Alex McKinnon
2021–2023
Forsyth Barr
2024–2025
Koau Capital Partners
2020–2022
Milford
2025
Te Ahumairangi
2025
Valuers(2)
Donal Boyle
2020
Telfer Young Rotorua
2020
Consultants(22)
Alexander McKinnon

commercial

2021
Andrew Harrison

commercial

2021
Arantis Limited

ACE leasing advice

2020
Brough Resource Management

resource management / river iwi technical advisor

2021
Catapult Ltd

leadership development / training

2021
Crisis Bunker

Emergency resilience and disaster preparedness

2024
Geometria

Photogrammetry and 3D digital reconstruction

2024
GHA Chartered Accountants and Management Consultants

accounting / management consulting

2021
Graham Brown & Co Ltd

Chartered Accountants

2024
Graham Brown Accountants

Accounting and marae financial support

2023
Isthmus Ltd

Landscape architects - Cultural Landscape Project

2024
Jon Stokes

strategy / governance

2021
Ko Au Consultancy

Data project governance

2024
Law Creative

graphic design / layout / production

2021
Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

Audiovisual taonga preservation

2024
SheaPita Associates

Results-Based Accountability Framework

2024
SVS Consulting

general consulting

2021
Te Onewa Consultants

consulting

2021
The Good Day Matrix

leadership and professional development

2025
The Lever Room

Energy innovation project

2024
Warren Gumbley

Archaeologist - Cultural Landscape Project

2024
Whetu Consultancy

resource consent strategy

2021
Other(7)
GHA Ltd

Accountancy and financial management services

2020
Graham Brown

Annual accounts preparation

2022
Graham Brown & Co Ltd

Accountants

2022–2025
Iceberg Communications

Brand refresh

2022
Law Creative

Graphic Design and Layout

2022
Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

audiovisual preservation and digitisation

2025
Te Whare o Pōtatau

Tainui House of the King - governance relationship

2021
Partners & Stakeholders(38)
Department of Conservation

Te Mauri o Waihou project partnership

2021
Honda New Zealand

apprenticeship partnership - 3 apprentice opportunities

2021
Matamata-Piako District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021
Mercury

Energy partnership and joint projects

2023–2024
Mighty River Power / Mercury

20-year partnership / kawenata for Waikato River co-management

2021
Ministry for Primary Industries

fisheries regulations implementation partner

2021
Ministry of Education

education partnership - He Puna Wai Nui, He Ia Rere Roa kawenata

2021
Ministry of Health

health services partnership

2021
Ngāti Tūwharetoa

iwi partnership - fisheries regulations implementation

2021
Oranga Tamariki

child welfare and social services partnership

2021–2024
Otago University

Research partner - Energy Innovation Project

2024
Ōtorohanga District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021
Rotorua District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021
South Waikato District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021–2023
Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ)

data infrastructure partner

2025
Stats NZ (Tatauranga Aotearoa)

Data partnership and capability development

2024
Tainui Waka Alliance

iwi partnership

2021
Tatauranga Aotearoa (Stats NZ)

Data-driven wellbeing approach partnership

2023
Taupō District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021
Te Aka Whai Ora

Health partnership

2023
Te Arawa River Iwi Trust

iwi partnership - fisheries regulations implementation

2021
Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora (MSD)

Government agency partnership

2024
Te Papa Atawhai (DOC)

Partnership for Te Mauri o Waihou project

2023
Te Puni Kōkiri

whānau ora partnership

2021–2025
Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK)

Government partnership

2023
Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori

Māori language partnership - One Million Speakers initiative

2021
Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga (MHUD)

Government agency partnership

2024
Te Whatu Ora

Government health partnership

2023–2025
Trust Waikato

Partnership

2024
Tūhourangi Tribal Authority

iwi partnership - kawenata

2021
Twenty20 Sustainable Housing Ltd

Housing and social development partnership

2024
University of Waikato

research partnership - quarry restoration methods

2021
Waikato District Health Board

healthcare partnership - Mahi Tahi agreement

2021
Waikato Regional Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021
Waikato River Authority

funding partner for environmental projects

2021
Waikato-Tainui

iwi partnership - education kawenata

2021
Waipā District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021
Waitomo District Council

Joint Management Agreement partner

2021

Strategic Priorities

64
1Develop Te Ara ki Raukawa 2050 long-term vision through engagement with over 130 uri across the rohe
2Strengthen reo Māori and mātauranga through immersion wānanga (Te Kura Reo, Te Whare Kōrero, Te Awa Kōrero)
3Deliver Te Koha a Raukawa housing development with 50+ homes for Raukawa whānau
4Advance implementation of Te Ture Whaimana o Te Awa o Waikato and protect Treaty settlement
5Build intergenerational hauora through integrated health and social services
6Sustain and improve environmental outcomes through Joint Management Agreements and co-management
7Empower marae and hapū through funding, capability building and cultural revitalisation
8Maintain commercial asset growth through RIDL to support grants, scholarships and kaupapa
9Develop mātauranga-based data strategy to guide evidence-informed decision-making
10Strengthen rangatahi pathways through education, employment and cultural leadership programmes

+ 54 more priorities

Key Risks

60
Government policy changes and funding uncertainties affecting contracted services
Resource management reforms threatening Treaty settlement protections and iwi planning frameworks
Funding pressures on health and social service contracts
Economic downturn affecting investment returns and employment sectors
Declining milk and timber export prices impacting dairying and forestry investments
Capacity strain on kaumātua and cultural leaders to sustain cultural kaupapa
Private equity and investment market volatility
Political environment limiting substantive engagement on iwi priorities

+ 52 more risks identified