He uri tēnei nō Tamati Rangiwhakahotu rāua ko Kōkiri.

Frances’ background is in education and management. She stood for the Board because she can see the opportunities our iwi has to exercise its role as kaitiaki. "We have the ngāhere, moana and awa, and our native manu are slowly returning. We’re so lucky this is our tūrangawaewae. But our mokopuna will experience a world that will be unfamiliar to my generation. They’ll have to cope with rising sea levels, weather extremes, and basic things like access to clean water, food security and safe housing. Our job is to help prepare them for these challenges. Tama Manawanui, Tama Manawaroa!”

Conrad leads the charge for protecting Ngāti Tama’s ngahere, the whenua and environment – Te Taiao and champion’s this cause on Te Rūnanga. His enthusiasm to help the Rūnanga to do the best for whanau and iwi, led him to take up the role as a trustee. Making sure members are aware of opportunities as they arise and making the most of them, are important for him.

He uri tēnei nō Rangikata White.

Te Rūnanga has co-opted Andrew Matuku to join the board. Andrew has a background in business with solid experience in balancing team performance along with meeting customer and business objectives. He holds a management position, where he manages around 30 staff, with SSA New Zealand at Port Taranaki. Creativity and seeing situations from different perspectives, comes naturally to Andrew. He draws on his aptitude for detail and being thorough, to inform his decision making. 

Reconnecting with whanau and tikanga as well as a desire to offer a helping hand, are key drivers that have attracted Andrew to the board.

He uri tēnei nō Tiaki Kapinga McClutchie.

Richard was born and rasied at Pukearuhe where he still resides along with his extended whānau. He brings pragmatism and a delivery approach to the board. Richard's key focus areas include creating an open and welcoming environment for all whānau; leading with integrity, honesty and transparency; education and leadership (skill development, educational achievement and fostering leaders within whānau) and job creation and enterprise (explore opportunities to create sustainable weath and financial security).

Throughout his career he’s been responsible for financial performance, managing people and implementing projects, asset management and logistics. He has a range of industry qualifications in automotive, plant and equipment, asset reliability and health and safety. Additionally, he worked in the tourism industry in the Middle East and Eastern Africa and took up other overseas roles.

Richard's aspiration is to create an environment for our people that fosters colaboration, inclusion and transperancy and to build on the work done thus far.