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Trust Governance Information

Next Trustees Meeting 16th & 17th August 2008 in Christchurch.

Trustees of the Rakiura Maori Land Trust

The Rakiura Maori Lands Trust is governed by 6 Trustees appointed by the Maori Land court upon recommendation from the beneficial owners. Trustees are appointed for a term of three years and must then make themselves available for further consideration if they wish to have a further term. Elections are held each year at the AGM of the Trust to identify the recommendations that will be made to the Maori Land Court for formal appointment. The current Trustees of the Rakiura Maori Lands Trust,

Stephen Harteveld, Chairperson

Richard Manning, Secretary

Phillip Smith, Executive Committee Member

Theona Heaslip, Trustee

Leon Fife, Trustee

Dick Ryan, Trustee

Suzanne Spencer, Trustee

To Contact the Trustees you should contact the Rakiura Maori Lands Trust Office in Bluff.

Focus / Development Groups

In 2007 the Trustees are starting a new initiative to broaden the depth of participation within the Trust activities by setting up focus and development groups to assist with input for planning and development activities. The following are the groups that have been setup along with their purpose.

Planning and Development Advisory Group - The focus of this group is to assist the Trustees in the planning and development activities of the Trust so were gain a wider input of ideas. The group meet with the Trustees on Rakiura in February 2008 as part of the Trustees development and planning session. The members of this group are as follows Dave Bragg, Dean Whaanga, Terry Osbourne, Leslie Rewi, Tanya Manning, Lyla Heaslip, Suzanne Spencer

Business Relationships

The Rakiura Maori Lands Trust users the following business partners to provide advice and assistance where appropriate and to assist with the overall administration of the Trust.

Bankers :

Westpac

Website www.westpac.co.nz

Accountants :

Mark Tynan,
Partner
Ashton Wheelans Hegan

127 Armagh Street
PO Box 13042
Christchurch
New Zealand

Website www.awh.co.nz 

Mark and his team provide Administrative, Accountancy, and administration of the owners database services for the trust.  They work with a number of Maori/Iwi based organizations and are able to assist us with many unique issues surrounding Maori authorities.

Solicitors :

Cran Bull,
Partner
Saunders & Co

Level 3, 227 Cambridge Terrace
PO Box 18
Christchurch
New Zealand

Telephone 64 3 353 0451 DDI

Website www.saunders.co.nz 

Cran has been the Trusts Solicitors for a number of years and has a good understanding of the Trust along with the legal environment that it operates in as a Maori Authority. 

Business Advisors:

Phillip Roth,
Partner
Polson Higgs

Cnr Worcester St & Oxford Tce
PO Box 4449
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

Telephone 64 3 366 5282

Website www.ph.co.nz

Phillip has worked with the Trust over a number years facilitating Strategic Planning, Governance Development and Business Advisory services to the Trust and its development.

Trade Associations:

Southland Chamber of Commerce

Website www.commercesouth.com

FoMA (Federation of Maori Authorities)

Website www.foma.co.nz

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