Te Hiku ō Te Ika Iwi Development Trust (the Development Trust) is a Charitable Trust formed in 2013 by the Iwi Chairs of NgāiTakoto, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa.
Set up on the cusp of the Treaty settlements, the Development Trust was established as a vehicle to drive
collaborative programmes and shared outcomes that Iwi seek collectively.
We are systems advocates
and activists directly raising the voice of whānau with agencies of the Crown in order to effect change.
We are the “fix-it champions” and perform a number of roles.
Some are straight forward, others are complex, but we work together
as a group to identify problems, look at it from all angles, and then come up with solutions.
We do this by asking three critical questions:
Are the needs of our whānau being met?
How should services in Te Hiku function?
How can we make improvements?
Our Shared Vision
He Wawata Kōtahi
Kia whiwhi ngā hāpori, ā whānau,
ā hapū me ngā Iwi ō Te Hiku ō Te Ika,
i te oranga tonutanga,
kia rānea.
The communities of whānau, hapū and Iwi of Te Hiku ō Te Ika
are culturally, socially and economically prosperous.
Our Waka
Organisational Structure
We are systems advocates and activists directly raising the whānau voice with agencies of the Crown in order to effect change.