Ngā Tāngata me te Kaihautūtanga
People & Leadership
The Waitangi National Trust Board, Board Members, Executive team and our people who uphold the legacy of this historic place.
The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is part of the Waitangi National Trust Estate comprising of 506 hectares. The Waitangi National Trust was set up by an Act of Parliament to administer the estate. Its Deed of Trust, drawn up in 1932, set out the objectives for the Trust Board and the Treaty Grounds. These include priority being given to the repair and restoration of the former Residency which, at Lord Bledisloe’s request, was renamed the Treaty House.
The Board continues to be made up of descendants and representatives of people directly associated with this historic site. The incumbent Governor-General has the right to choose to be Patron of the Trust.
In 2016 the Trust Board established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Waitangi Limited, to manage the day to day operations of the Treaty Grounds and wider estate. Waitangi Limited is governed by a Chairman and directors and managed by the Chief Executive, on behalf of the Trust Board.
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Pita Tipene (2016)
Chairman
A member of the family of Maihi Kawiti
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Tania Simpson (2017)
Deputy Chair
A member of the family of Pomare
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Belinda Ward (2022)
Trustee
Representative of Pākeha residents of the Bay of Islands district.
Mita Harris (2016)
Trustee
A member of the family of Tāmati Wāka Nene
Wiremu Puriri (2016)
Trustee
A member of the family of Hone Heke
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Ngā Wai-hono-i-te-pō Paki (2020)
Trustee
A representative of the Māori people living in the North Island south of the City of Auckland
Dame Claudia Orange (2021)
Trustee
A person prominent in the life of the country as a statesman
Hon Peeni Henare (2015)
Trustee
A representative of the Māori people living in the North Auckland Peninsula
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Dr Shane Reti (2018)
Trustee
Appointed by the Leader of the Opposition, following consultation with the leader of each party that is not in Government or in coalition with the Government
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Hon Kate Wilkinson (2014)
Trustee
A representative of the people, Pākeha and Māori, living in the South Island
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Jane Fletcher (2016)
Trustee
A member of the family of the late Archdeacon Henry Williams
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Hugh Cotterill (2017)
Trustee
A representative of the family of the late James Busby
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David Dunsheath (2018)
Trustee
A representative of the family of the late Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Eru Lyndon
Chair
Heidi Mackey
Director
Deryck Shaw
Director
Maxine Shortland
Director
Craig Wells
Director
