Cross-Platform Careers

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

Cross-Platform Trustees

Serve on 2+ platform types

Also on NZX Boards

Listed company directors

Also on Charity Boards

Charity/NFP trustees

Also in Public Sector

Crown entity roles

Platform Distribution

How many of the 784 linked iwi trustees also serve on each platform type.

Platform	Trustees	% of Total
NZX Boards	35	4.5%
Charity / NFP	18	2.3%
Public Sector / Crown	16	2.0%
Parliament	3	0.4%
Multiple Iwi	293	37.4%

Most Connected Trustees

Top 30 iwi trustees by total positions across all platforms.

Name	Iwi	NZX	Public	Total
Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'ua	10	2	0	12
Anne June Urlwin	1	10	0	11
Debbie Birch	8	3	0	11
Sir Robert McLeod	4	6	0	10
Fiona Pimm	8	0	0	8
Tania Wati	8	0	0	8
Donald Turner	7	0	0	7
Elizabeth Cunningham	7	0	0	7
Gail Gordon	7	0	0	7
Gina Blackburn	7	0	0	7
Karen Wilson	6	0	1	7
Matapura Ellison	7	0	0	7
Odele Stehlin	7	0	0	7
Rachel Wesley	6	0	1	7
Riki Tainui	7	0	0	7
Rukumoana Schaafhausen	4	3	0	7
Stuart McLauchlan	1	6	0	7
Susan Wallace	7	0	0	7
Thomas McClurg	6	1	0	7
Charisma Rangipunga	6	0	0	6
David Perenara-O'Connell	6	0	0	6
Jo McLean	6	0	0	6
Justin Tipa	6	0	0	6
Laurissa Cooney	2	4	0	6
Linda Te Aho	6	0	0	6
Michael Stevens	6	0	0	6
Regina O'Brien	6	0	0	6
Rewi Davis	6	0	0	6
Teena Henderson	6	0	0	6
Terry Nicholas	6	0	0	6

NZX-Connected Trustees

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

Name	Iwi	NZX Company	NZX Role
Adrian Walker	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Investore Property Limited	Independent Director
Anake Goodall	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Meridian Energy Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Anita Killeen	Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki	General Capital Limited	Independent Director
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Infratil Limited	—
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Ventia Services Group Limited	—
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Meridian Energy Limited	Director
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Vector Limited	—
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited	Non-Executive Director
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Steel & Tube Holdings Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Summerset Group Holdings Limited	—
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Chorus Limited	—
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited	Non-Executive Director
Anne June Urlwin	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Steel & Tube Holdings Limited	Non-Executive Director
Bella Takiari-Brame	Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui	Accordant Group Limited	Independent Director
Benjamin Bateman	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Meridian Energy Limited	Future Director
Catherine Drayton	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Genesis Energy Limited	Independent Director
Catherine Drayton	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Genesis Energy Limited	Non-Executive Director
Catherine Drayton	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Meridian Energy Limited	Director
Charlotte Severne	Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngāti Tūwharetoa	PGG Wrightson Limited	Independent Director
Chris Gudgeon	Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust	Argosy Property Limited	Non-Executive Director
Chris Gudgeon	Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust	Argosy Property Limited	Director
Craig Ellison	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Sanford Limited	Non-Executive Director
Dame Paula Rebstock	Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust	Vector Limited	—
Dame Paula Rebstock	Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust	NZX Limited	—
Debbie Birch	Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Developments Limited, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rangi Ahuwhenua Trust, Ngāti Tūwharetoa	Napier Port Holdings Limited	Non-Executive Director
Debbie Birch	Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Developments Limited, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rangi Ahuwhenua Trust, Ngāti Tūwharetoa	Westpac Banking Corporation	—
Debbie Birch	Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Developments Limited, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rangi Ahuwhenua Trust, Ngāti Tūwharetoa	Tourism Holdings Limited	—
Diana Marie Puketapu	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	TradeWindow Holdings Limited	Independent Director
Diana Marie Puketapu	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Napier Port Holdings Limited	Independent Director
Dr David Kerr	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Ryman Healthcare Limited	Chairman
Glen Tupuhi	Ngāti Paoa	Winton Land Limited	Independent Director
Grant Stuart Kemble	Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust	Heartland Group Holdings Limited	—
Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'ua	Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui	Genesis Energy Limited	Non-Executive Director
Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'ua	Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Waikato-Tainui	Genesis Energy Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Jason Paris	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Spark New Zealand Limited	—
John Spencer	Raukawa Settlement Trust, Raukawa Settlement Trust	Tower Limited	Non-Executive Director
Laurissa Cooney	Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki	Air New Zealand	Independent Director
Laurissa Cooney	Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki	Accordant Group Limited	Non-Executive Director
Laurissa Cooney	Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki	Accordant Group Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Laurissa Cooney	Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki	Goodman Property Trust	Independent Director
Mark Tume	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Mark Tume	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited	Non-Executive Director
Mark Tume	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Infratil Limited	Non-Executive Director
Mark Tume	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Infratil Limited	Chair
Mike Allen	Waikato-Tainui	Investore Property Limited	Chair
Mike Allen	Waikato-Tainui	Tower Limited	Non-Executive Director
Ray Watson	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Meridian Energy Limited	Deputy Chair
Richard Murray	Te Rarawa, Te Rarawa	Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited	Independent Director
Rukumoana Schaafhausen	Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui	Genesis Energy Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Rukumoana Schaafhausen	Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui	Contact Energy Limited	Independent Director
Rukumoana Schaafhausen	Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui	Genesis Energy Limited	Non-Executive Director
Sidney Ashton	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Ryman Healthcare Limited	Director
Sir Henry van der Heyden	Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui	Auckland International Airport Limited	Chair
Sir Henry van der Heyden	Waikato-Tainui, Waikato-Tainui	Auckland International Airport Limited	Non-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeod	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Spark New Zealand Limited	Chairman
Sir Robert McLeod	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited	Director
Sir Robert McLeod	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Sanford Limited	Chair, Independent Non-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeod	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Port of Tauranga Limited	Non-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeod	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited	Chairman
Sir Robert McLeod	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Porou Miere Limited Partnership, Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Tourism Holdings Limited	Chairman
Sir Robert McLeod KNZM	Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Sanford Limited	Chair, Independent Non-Executive Director
Sir Robert McLeod KNZM	Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou	Port of Tauranga Limited	Non-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlan	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Argosy Property Limited	—
Stuart McLauchlan	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Argosy Property Limited	Non-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlan	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	EBOS Group Limited	Non-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlan	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Scott Technology Limited	Non-Executive Director
Stuart McLauchlan	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Scott Technology Limited	—
Stuart McLauchlan	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	EBOS Group Limited	—
Taurua Grant	Te Arawa Lakes Trust	Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited	—
Thomas McClurg	Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki)	Sanford Limited	Independent Non-Executive Director
Tia Greenaway	Rongowhakaata	New Zealand Rural Land Company Limited	Independent Director
Trevor Burt	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Bremworth Limited	—
Trevor Burt	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Rua Bioscience Limited	Director
Wayne Boyd	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Mercury NZ Limited	Non-Executive Director
Wayne Boyd	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Freightways Group Limited	Non-Executive Director
Wayne Boyd	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Vulcan Steel Limited	—
Wayne Boyd	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu	Meridian Energy Limited	Chairman

Common Organisations

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

Organisation	Type	Iwi Trustees	Names
Meridian Energy Limited	NZX	6	Anake Goodall, Anne June Urlwin, Benjamin Bateman, Catherine Drayton, Ray Watson, Wayne Boyd
Sanford Limited	NZX	4	Craig Ellison, Sir Robert McLeod, Sir Robert McLeod KNZM, Thomas McClurg
The Ngati Paoa Trust Board	Charity	4	Glen Tupuhi, Lucy Tukua, Michelle Wilson, Tania Tarawa
Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited	NZX	3	Anne June Urlwin, Mark Tume, Taurua Grant
Genesis Energy Limited	NZX	3	Catherine Drayton, Hinerangi Raumati-Tu'ua, Rukumoana Schaafhausen
New Zealand Parliament	Parliament	3	Hekia Parata, Nanaia Mahuta, Te Ururoa Flavell
Te Kauri Marae Trust	Charity	3	Jason Berryman, Jocelyn Berryman, Justine Berryman
Māori Heritage Council	Public Sector	3	Materoa Dodd, Rachel Wesley, Rei Kohere
Investore Property Limited	NZX	2	Adrian Walker, Mike Allen
Infratil Limited	NZX	2	Anne June Urlwin, Mark Tume
Vector Limited	NZX	2	Anne June Urlwin, Dame Paula Rebstock
Accordant Group Limited	NZX	2	Bella Takiari-Brame, Laurissa Cooney
Argosy Property Limited	NZX	2	Chris Gudgeon, Stuart McLauchlan
Napier Port Holdings Limited	NZX	2	Debbie Birch, Diana Marie Puketapu
Tourism Holdings Limited	NZX	2	Debbie Birch, Sir Robert McLeod
Ryman Healthcare Limited	NZX	2	Dr David Kerr, Sidney Ashton
Spark New Zealand Limited	NZX	2	Jason Paris, Sir Robert McLeod
Tower Limited	NZX	2	John Spencer, Mike Allen
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai	Public Sector	2	Karen Wilson, Kevin Robinson
Port of Tauranga Limited	NZX	2	Sir Robert McLeod, Sir Robert McLeod KNZM

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.

For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.