Trustees

  • Moera Brown

    Board position: Chair
    Iwi: Rongowhakaata (Deputy Chair)

    Moera is the Deputy Chair of Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust and also the Chair of Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa

  • Pauline Hill

    Board position: Trustee
    Iwi: Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Chair)

    As one of two Ngāi Tāmanuhiri negotiators, Pauline began and concluded negotiations with the Crown to settle Treaty of Waitangi historical claims for Ngāi Tāmanuhiri.

  • Pene Brown

    Board position: Trustee
    Iwi: Te Aitanga a Māhaki (chair)

    Pehimana Haapu (Pene) Brown has an extensive background in governance, working with a range of Māori organisations in the fields of, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and health/social needs.

  • Tai Kerekere

    Board position: Trustee
    Iwi: Te Aitanga a Māhaki (Trustee)

  • Tangiwai Wilson

    Board position: Trustee
    Iwi: Ngāi Tāmanuhiri


    From birth I have been nurtured within te Kaupapa o Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa as my whānau have been actively involved since its inception. I am honoured by pakeke who refer to me as “the Runanga baby”.

  • Staci Hare

    Board position: Trustee
    Iwi: Rongowhakaata (Chair)

  • Charlie Pera

    Board position: Kāhui Kaumātua
    Iwi: Te Aitanga a Māhaki


    Pou Tikanga o Te Haahi Ringatū
    A foundation member of Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa

  • Dawn Pomana

    Board position: Kāhui Kaumātua
    Iwi: Ngāi Tāmanuhiri

  • Dr Stan Pardoe

    Board position: Kāhui Kaumātua
    Iwi: Rongowhakaata


    Honoured by Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in 2023. A Honorary Doctorate. For a lifelong dedication in maintaining and enhancing Matauranga Māori of Rongowhakaata,