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Cross-Platform Careers

Where iwi trustees also serve — NZX boards, charities, public sector, parliament

Cross-Platform Trustees

78

Serve on 2+ platform types

Also on NZX Boards

33

Listed company directors

Also on Charity Boards

33

Charity/NFP trustees

Also in Public Sector

15

Crown entity roles

Platform Distribution

How many of the 699 linked iwi trustees also serve on each platform type.

PlatformTrustees% of TotalDistribution
NZX Boards334.7%
Charity / NFP334.7%
Public Sector / Crown152.1%
Parliament30.4%
Multiple Iwi27339.1%

NZX-Connected Trustees

Iwi trustees who also sit on NZX-listed company boards — the most commercially experienced governance leaders.

NameIwiNZX CompanyNZX RoleCurrent
Adrian WalkerTe Rūnanga o Ngāti PorouInvestore Property LimitedIndependent Director
Anake GoodallTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Anake GoodallTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedNon-Executive Director
Anita KilleenNgāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki TāmakiGeneral Capital LimitedIndependent Director
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuPrecinct Properties New Zealand LimitedNon-Executive Director
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuInfratil Limited
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuVentia Services Group Limited
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedDirector
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuVector Limited
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuPrecinct Properties New Zealand LimitedNon-Executive Director
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuSteel & Tube Holdings LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuSummerset Group Holdings Limited
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuChorus Limited
Anne June UrlwinTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuSteel & Tube Holdings LimitedNon-Executive Director
Bella Takiari-BrameWaikato-Tainui, Ngāti ManiapotoAccordant Group LimitedIndependent Director
Benjamin BatemanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedFuture Director
Catherine DraytonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuGenesis Energy LimitedIndependent Director
Catherine DraytonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuGenesis Energy LimitedNon-Executive Director
Catherine DraytonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedDirector
Charlotte SeverneTūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngāi TūhoePGG Wrightson LimitedIndependent Director
Chris GudgeonNgāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei TrustArgosy Property LimitedDirector
Chris GudgeonNgāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei TrustArgosy Property LimitedNon-Executive Director
Craig EllisonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuSanford LimitedNon-Executive Director
Dame Paula RebstockNgāti Whātua Ōrākei TrustVector Limited
Dame Paula RebstockNgāti Whātua Ōrākei TrustNZX Limited
Debbie BirchNgāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Developments Limited, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Rangi Ahuwhenua Trust, Ngāti RangiwewehiTourism Holdings Limited
Debbie BirchNgāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Developments Limited, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Rangi Ahuwhenua Trust, Ngāti RangiwewehiNapier Port Holdings LimitedNon-Executive Director
Debbie BirchNgāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Developments Limited, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Rangi Ahuwhenua Trust, Ngāti RangiwewehiWestpac Banking Corporation
Diana Marie PuketapuTe Rūnanga o Ngāti PorouNapier Port Holdings LimitedIndependent Director
Diana Marie PuketapuTe Rūnanga o Ngāti PorouTradeWindow Holdings LimitedNon-Executive Director
Diana Marie PuketapuTe Rūnanga o Ngāti PorouNapier Port Holdings LimitedNon-Executive Director
Diana Marie PuketapuTe Rūnanga o Ngāti PorouTradeWindow Holdings LimitedIndependent Director
Dr David KerrTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuRyman Healthcare LimitedChairman
Glen TupuhiNgāti PaoaWinton Land LimitedIndependent Director
Grant Stuart KembleNgāti Whātua Ōrākei TrustHeartland Group Holdings Limited
Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'uaWaikato-TainuiGenesis Energy LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'uaWaikato-TainuiGenesis Energy LimitedNon-Executive Director
Jason ParisTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuSpark New Zealand Limited
Laurissa CooneyNgāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki TāmakiAir New ZealandIndependent Director
Laurissa CooneyNgāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki TāmakiAccordant Group LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Laurissa CooneyNgāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki TāmakiGoodman Property TrustIndependent Director
Laurissa CooneyNgāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki TāmakiAccordant Group LimitedNon-Executive Director
Mark TumeTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuChannel Infrastructure NZ LimitedNon-Executive Director
Mark TumeTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuInfratil LimitedChair
Mark TumeTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuChannel Infrastructure NZ LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Mark TumeTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuPrecinct Properties New Zealand LimitedNon-Executive Director
Mark TumeTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuInfratil LimitedNon-Executive Director
Mike AllenWaikato-TainuiInvestore Property LimitedChair
Mike AllenWaikato-TainuiTower LimitedNon-Executive Director
Ray WatsonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedDeputy Chair
Ray WatsonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedNon-Executive Director
Richard MurrayTe Rarawa, Te RarawaAustralian Foundation Investment Company LimitedIndependent Director
Rukumoana SchaafhausenWaikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-TainuiContact Energy LimitedIndependent Director
Rukumoana SchaafhausenWaikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-TainuiGenesis Energy LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Rukumoana SchaafhausenWaikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-TainuiGenesis Energy LimitedNon-Executive Director
Sidney AshtonTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuRyman Healthcare LimitedDirector
Sir Robert McLeodTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited PartnershipSpark New Zealand LimitedChairman
Sir Robert McLeodTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited PartnershipTourism Holdings LimitedChairman
Sir Robert McLeodTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited PartnershipFisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation LimitedChairman
Sir Robert McLeodTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited PartnershipPort of Tauranga LimitedNon-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeodTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited PartnershipSanford LimitedChair, Independent Non-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeodTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited PartnershipSkyCity Entertainment Group LimitedDirector
Sir Robert McLeod KNZMTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-TainuiPort of Tauranga LimitedNon-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeod KNZMTe Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Waikato-TainuiSanford LimitedChair, Independent Non-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuArgosy Property LimitedNon-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuArgosy Property Limited
Stuart McLauchlanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuScott Technology LimitedNon-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuEBOS Group Limited
Stuart McLauchlanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuScott Technology Limited
Stuart McLauchlanTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuEBOS Group LimitedNon-Executive Director
Taurua GrantTe Arawa Lakes TrustPrecinct Properties New Zealand Limited
Thomas McClurgNgāti Mutunga (Taranaki)Sanford LimitedIndependent Non-Executive Director
Tia GreenawayRongowhakaataNew Zealand Rural Land Company LimitedIndependent Director
Trevor BurtTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuRua Bioscience LimitedDirector
Trevor BurtTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuBremworth Limited
Wayne BoydTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedNon-Executive Director
Wayne BoydTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuVulcan Steel Limited
Wayne BoydTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuFreightways Group LimitedNon-Executive Director
Wayne BoydTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMeridian Energy LimitedChairman
Wayne BoydTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuFreightways Group LimitedNon-Executive Director
Wayne BoydTe Rūnanga o Ngāi TahuMercury NZ LimitedNon-Executive Director

Common Organisations

External organisations where multiple iwi trustees serve. Top 20 by representation.

OrganisationTypeIwi TrusteesNames
Meridian Energy LimitedNZX6Anake Goodall, Anne June Urlwin, Benjamin Bateman, Catherine Drayton, Ray Watson, Wayne Boyd
Sanford LimitedNZX4Craig Ellison, Sir Robert McLeod, Sir Robert McLeod KNZM, Thomas McClurg
Precinct Properties New Zealand LimitedNZX3Anne June Urlwin, Mark Tume, Taurua Grant
Genesis Energy LimitedNZX3Catherine Drayton, Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'ua, Rukumoana Schaafhausen
New Zealand ParliamentParliament3Hekia Parata, Nanaia Mahuta, Te Ururoa Flavell
Investore Property LimitedNZX2Adrian Walker, Mike Allen
Infratil LimitedNZX2Anne June Urlwin, Mark Tume
Vector LimitedNZX2Anne June Urlwin, Dame Paula Rebstock
Accordant Group LimitedNZX2Bella Takiari-Brame, Laurissa Cooney
Argosy Property LimitedNZX2Chris Gudgeon, Stuart McLauchlan
Tourism Holdings LimitedNZX2Debbie Birch, Sir Robert McLeod
Napier Port Holdings LimitedNZX2Debbie Birch, Diana Marie Puketapu
Te Iwi o Ngāti Kahu TrustCharity2Dee-Ann Wolferstan, Lloyd Popata
Ryman Healthcare LimitedNZX2Dr David Kerr, Sidney Ashton
Te Oranganui Trust (Incorporated)Charity2Geoffrey Hipango, Jacob Ruru-Canterbury
Whanganui River Maori Trust BoardCharity2Geoffrey Hipango, Sheena Maru
Spark New Zealand LimitedNZX2Jason Paris, Sir Robert McLeod
Department of Conservation Te Papa AtawhaiPublic Sector2Karen Wilson, Kevin Robinson
Kenana - Te Ranginui Marae TrustCharity2Laughton Matthews, Reremoana Renata
Māori Heritage CouncilPublic Sector2Rachel Wesley, Rei Kohere

Methodology

Cross-platform data is sourced from IwiData, NZXplorer, CharityData, and PublicData. A trustee's involvement is based on current and historical records. Some positions may not be captured if they predate our data coverage.

Data sourced from Iwi governance and financial records. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz.

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