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Executive Compensation

CEO and key management personnel remuneration from iwi annual reports

Total Records

175

Across all years

Iwi Reporting

25

With exec comp data

Named Executives

61

Individual disclosures

FY Years

8

Years of data

Highest Paid Iwi Executives

Individual CEO and KMP total remuneration disclosed in iwi annual reports.

#NameRoleOrganisationTotalBaseFY
1Director Fees
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust
DirectorTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$215K$215KFY2018
2M Allen
Tainui Group Holdings Limited
Director - Tainui Group Holdings LimitedWaikato-Tainui$113K-FY2019
3Toro Waaka
Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust
TrusteeNgāti Pāhauwera$112K-FY2025
4R Schaafhausen
Te Arataura
Chair - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$110K-FY2019
5H van der Heyden
Tainui Group Holdings Limited
Chair - Tainui Group Holdings LimitedWaikato-Tainui$100K-FY2019
6Senior Employee
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Senior ManagementTe Uri o Hau$100K-FY2022
7Kataraina Hodge
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Trustee - Raukawa Settlement Trust (RST Honorarium payments role)Raukawa Settlement Trust$90K$90KFY2025
8Wallace Haumaha (Chair)
Te Arawa Lakes Trust
ChairTe Arawa Lakes Trust$70K-FY2025
9Tom Keefe
Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust
TrusteeNgāti Pāhauwera$61K-FY2025
10Chairperson
TAIHLP (Te Atiawa Iwi Holdings LP)
DirectorTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$60K$60KFY2024
11Director - Chair
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Group (entity not specified)
ChairTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$60K$60KFY2020
12Director - Chair
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Group
ChairTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$60K$60KFY2020
13P Te Ao
Te Arataura
Deputy Chair - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$55K-FY2019
14L Te Aho
Tainui Group Holdings Limited
Director - Tainui Group Holdings LimitedWaikato-Tainui$50K-FY2019
15M Cockram
Tainui Group Holdings Limited
Director - Tainui Group Holdings LimitedWaikato-Tainui$50K-FY2019
16P McLean
Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated
Chair - Te Whakakitenga o Waikato IncorporatedWaikato-Tainui$50K-FY2019
17T J R Simpson
Tainui Group Holdings Limited
Director - Tainui Group Holdings LimitedWaikato-Tainui$50K-FY2019
18H Raumati-Tu'ua
Tainui Group Holdings Limited
Director - Tainui Group Holdings LimitedWaikato-Tainui$50K-FY2019
19Chaans Clarke
Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust
TrusteeNgāti Pāhauwera$42K-FY2025
20Chairperson
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa
TrusteeTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$41K$41KFY2024
21Siobhan Storey
Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust
TrusteeNgāti Pāhauwera$41K-FY2025
22H W Rau
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
23D Turner
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
24J Colliar
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
25K Wilson
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
26A Te Kanawa
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
27H Chong
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
28T H Rangiawha
Te Arataura
Director - Te AratauraWaikato-Tainui$40K-FY2019
29Trustee - Chair
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust
ChairTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$37K$37KFY2020
30Directors
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Group (entity not specified)
DirectorTe Ātiawa (Taranaki)$30K$30KFY2020

Executive Compensation by Iwi

Total disclosed executive remuneration per iwi organisation.

OrganisationFY2025 TotalRecordsRoles Disclosed
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi$3.0M6
Senior Management / All StaffSenior ManagementTrusteeDirector
Ngāi Tūhoe$2.4M2
Senior Management
Raukawa Settlement Trust$1.1M15
StaffKMPSenior ManagementTrustee/DirectorTrustee
Ngāti Pāhauwera$880K10
TrusteeSenior Management
Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai$806K2
KMPTrustee
Ngāruahine$626K2
KMPSalary Band
Te Uri o Hau$458K41
TrusteeKey Management PersonnelTrusteesDirectorSenior Management
Ngāti Tūwharetoa$351K3
Key Management PersonnelKMPTrustee
Ngāti Rārua$156K2
TrusteeDirector
Te Arawa Lakes Trust$100K3
ChairDeputy ChairTrustee
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou-1
Aggregate Staff Costs
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust-2
Senior ManagementCEO
Waikato-Tainui-39
KMPSenior ManagementKMP - Directors and RepresentativesDirectors and RepresentativesRelated parties
Te Rarawa-1
Senior Management
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga-3
KMPSenior ManagementTrustee
Te Ātiawa (Taranaki)-18
KMPDirectorTrusteeChairDeputy Chair
Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki)-3
Senior ManagementTrustee/GovernanceDirector
Te Kāhui o Taranaki-4
KMP
Ngāti Toa Rangatira-2
Senior ManagementTrustee
Ngāti Ruanui-2
Senior ManagementTrustees and Directors
Ngāti Whakaue-1
Senior Management
Ngāti Whare-4
KMPSalary Band
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa-6
Salary Band
Ngāti Kuia-1
General Manager
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō-2
Salary Band

Executive Salary Bands

Where exact figures are not disclosed, iwi report salary bands for senior executives.

Name / RoleOrganisationBand MinBand MaxFY
Salary Band $40,000-$65,000(Salary Band)Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa$40K$65KFY2025
Salary Band $40,000-$60,000(Salary Band)Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa$40K$60KFY2025
Salary Band $30,000-$50,000(Salary Band)Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō$30K$50KFY2025
Salary Band $0-$50,000(Salary Band)Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō-$50KFY2025
Salary Band $25,000-$40,000(Salary Band)Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa$25K$40KFY2025
Salary Band $37,500-$37,500(Salary Band)Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa$38K$38KFY2025
Salary Band $17,709-$23,958(Salary Band)Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa$18K$24KFY2025
Salary Band $4,617-$4,617(Salary Band)Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa$5K$5KFY2025
Salary Band $4,000-$4,000(Salary Band)Ngāti Whare$4K$4KFY2021
Salary Band $500-$500(Salary Band)Ngāti Whare$500$500FY2021
Salary Band $100,000-$0(Salary Band)Ngāruahine$100K-FY2025
Salary Band $100,000-$0(Salary Band)Te Uri o Hau$100K-FY2020
Salary Band $100,000-$0(Salary Band)Te Uri o Hau$100K-FY2021
Salary Band $100,000-$0(Salary Band)Te Uri o Hau$100K-FY2022
Salary Band $100,000-$0(Salary Band)Te Uri o Hau$100K-FY2023

Aggregate KMP Disclosures

Some iwi disclose total key management personnel compensation as a single aggregate figure.

OrganisationDescriptionHeadcountTotalFY
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou Group
Employee benefit expense (Staff costs)-$14.8MFY2019
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust Group
Key Management Personnel-$10.8MFY2019
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui
Key Management Personnel-$7.7MFY2023
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi - Consolidated Group
Employee remuneration - all employees-$7.5MFY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui
Class 1 Key Management Personnel - Senior Management-$5.7MFY2022
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Charitable Trust
Personnel Costs-$5.5MFY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui consolidated
Class 1 Key management personnel - Senior management16$5.0MFY2024
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui (Consolidated)
Key Management Personnel - Class 1 (Senior management)13$4.6MFY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Class 1 key management personnel – senior management15$3.8MFY2020
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Class 1 key management personnel – senior management14$3.6MFY2019
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Class 1 key management personnel – senior management15$3.6MFY2018
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi (Consolidated)
Senior management25$2.6MFY2025
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Senior executive officers of the Group21$2.3MFY2022
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Class 2 key management personnel – directors and representatives (combined)137$2.1MFY2020
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui
Class 2 Key Management Personnel - Directors and Representatives-$1.5MFY2022
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui consolidated
Class 2 Key management personnel - Directors and representatives (Te Arataura and Tainui Group Holdings)135$1.4MFY2024
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui (Consolidated)
Key Management Personnel - Class 2 (Directors and representatives)137$1.4MFY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Class 2 key management personnel – directors and representatives (Tainui Group Holdings Limited, Te Arataura, Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated)133$1.2MFY2018
Te Rarawa
Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa & Group
Key Management Personnel9$1.2MFY2021
Ngāi Tūhoe
Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua Group
Management team12$1.2MFY2025
Ngāi Tūhoe
Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua (Group)
Management team12$1.2MFY2025
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Key Management Personnel11$1.2MFY2022
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Key Management Personnel11$1.2MFY2022
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Charitable Trust
Key Management Personnel (KMP)6$1.0MFY2025
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Charitable Trust
Key Management Personnel6$965KFY2024
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Raukawa Charitable Trust
Key Management Personnel6$965KFY2024
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Iwi Development Limited (Group)
Key Management Personnel-$947KFY2021
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Charitable Trust
Key Management Personnel6$869KFY2023
Te Ātiawa (Taranaki)
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Group
Key Management Personnel-$866KFY2023
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Settlement Trust Group
Key Management Personnel6$829KFY2023
Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki)
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga Group
Staff (aggregate)-$807KFY2022
Te Ātiawa (Taranaki)
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Group
Key Management Personnel-$807KFY2022
Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai
Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust
Key Management Personnel (aggregate)-$775KFY2025
Te Ātiawa (Taranaki)
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Group
Key Management Personnel-$656KFY2019
Ngāruahine
Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust Group
Key Management Personnel-$626KFY2025
Te Kāhui o Taranaki
Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust & Group
Key Management Personnel-$582KFY2020
Te Kāhui o Taranaki
Te Kāhui O Taranaki Trust & Group
Key Management Personnel-$582KFY2020
Te Kāhui o Taranaki
Te Kāhui O Taranaki Trust & Group
Key Management Personnel (Group)-$579KFY2021
Te Kāhui o Taranaki
Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust & Group
Key Management Personnel (executive members of Limited Partnerships' Board of Directors, Board of Trustees members and General Manager)-$579KFY2021
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Porirua Whanau Centre Trust
Senior Management-$483KFY2023
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi (Parent)
Senior management7$469KFY2025
Ngāti Ruanui
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust
Senior executive officers4$462KFY2024
Ngāti Ruanui
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust
Members of the governing body25$444KFY2024
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Whaanau members of key management personnel-$433KFY2019
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Iwi Development Limited (Group)
Trustee and Director Remuneration-$418KFY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Whaanau members of key management personnel-$395KFY2020
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust
Trustees and General Manager-$351KFY2025
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Group
Trustees and General Manager-$335KFY2023
Ngāti Pāhauwera
Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust
Trustees and Directors8$335KFY2025
Ngāti Whakaue
Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporated
Key Management Personnel (General Manager and Farm Manager)2$323KFY2024
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Whanau members of key management personnel-$307KFY2018
Ngāti Pāhauwera
Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust
Senior Executive Officers and close family members of trustees/directors2$210KFY2025
Waikato-Tainui
Te Whakakitenga o Waikato
Te Whakakitenga O Waikato Inc representatives-$206KFY2024
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Members of the governing body of TRAION (Trustees)9$200KFY2022
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Settlement Trust Limited
Trustee Remuneration-$184KFY2021
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Iwi Development Limited
Key Management Personnel-$180KFY2020
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Iwi Development Limited
Koau Capital Partners Limited-$180KFY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust
Te Whakakitenga O Waikato Inc representatives-$174KFY2020
Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki)
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga Group
Board Members (collective)-$171KFY2022
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust Group
Trustee Fees-$170KFY2023
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-Ō-Ngāpuhi
Subsidiaries
Members of the governing body of subsidiaries (Directors)15$168KFY2022
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust (Group)
Board of Trustees (Group) - Aggregate12$165KFY2025
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust - Group
Board of Trustees (KMP)12$164KFY2025
Waikato-Tainui
Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated
Te Whakakitenga o Waikato Incorporated representatives-$151KFY2019
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Rārua Settlement Trust Group
Trustee fees-$151KFY2025
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust (Group)
Board of Trustees (10 members)10$151KFY2024
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust (Parent)
Board of Trustees (9 members)9$149KFY2024
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (aggregate)8$147KFY2023
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (8 members)8$145KFY2021
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (aggregate)-$145KFY2021
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (8 members)8$145KFY2022
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (KMP)8$138KFY2020
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (Trustee/Director Fees and Accommodation/Travel)8$138KFY2020
Te Ātiawa (Taranaki)
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust
Trustee Remuneration-$134KFY2018
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust (Parent)
Board of Trustees (Parent) - Aggregate8$129KFY2025
Te Uri o Hau
Kaipara Moana Remediation
Trustees and Directors (Kaipara Moana Remediation entity)-$126KFY2023
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Board of Trustees (8 members)8$126KFY2023
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust (Group)
Key Management Personnel-$114KFY2021
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Trustee Remuneration - Raukawa Settlement Trust18$102KFY2024
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui (Consolidated)
Whānau members of key management personnel-$77KFY2021
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Porirua Whanau Centre Trust
Trustees-$64KFY2023
Ngāti Whare
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare Trust and Subsidiary (Group)
Key Management Personnel11$63KFY2022
Ngāti Whare
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare Trust and Subsidiary
Key Management Personnel11$63KFY2022
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Trustees-$60KFY2022
Raukawa Settlement Trust
Raukawa Charitable Trust
Trustee Remuneration - Raukawa Charitable Trust6$58KFY2024
Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki)
Te Pou Herenga Pakihi Limited Partnership
Directors (Ngā Kai Tautoko Limited)-$56KFY2022
Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai
Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust
All Trustees (6 individuals)6$31KFY2025
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui consolidated
Whanau members of key management personnel-$23KFY2024
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Rārua Settlement Trust Group
Director costs-$5KFY2025
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Tātau Tātau Housing Limited
Salary Band $25,000-$40,0002-FY2025
Ngāruahine
Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust Group
Salary Band $100,000-$05-FY2025
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trustee Limited
Salary Band $37,500-$37,5005-FY2025
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Trust Employees (3 FTE earning >$100k)3-FY2025
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Investments Limited (NAIL) - Director fees
Salary Band $30,000-$50,0003-FY2025
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Tātau Tātau Horticulture Limited
Salary Band $17,709-$23,9582-FY2025
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Charitable Trust - Trustee fees
Salary Band $0-$50,0006-FY2025
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trustee Limited
Salary Band $4,617-$4,6171-FY2025
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Salary Band $100,000-$01-FY2020
Ngāti Whare
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare
Salary Band $4,000-$4,0002-FY2021
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trustee Limited
Salary Band $40,000-$60,0002-FY2025
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Salary Band $100,000-$01-FY2021
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui
Directors and Representatives (Class 2)13-FY2023
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Tātau Tātau Commercial Limited
Salary Band $40,000-$65,0006-FY2025
Waikato-Tainui
Waikato-Tainui
Senior Management (Class 1)11-FY2023
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Salary Band $100,000-$01-FY2022
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Salary Band $100,000-$02-FY2023
Te Uri o Hau
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust - Group
Employees over $100,0003-FY2025
Ngāti Whare
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare
Salary Band $500-$500--FY2021

About This Data

Executive compensation data is extracted from publicly available iwi annual reports using AI (Claude Haiku). Coverage varies — not all iwi disclose individual executive remuneration. Some report only aggregate KMP totals or salary bands. Where compensation breakdowns are available (base salary, performance pay, KiwiSaver), these are shown. The absence of an iwi does not indicate any governance issues — it typically means the information was not published.

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