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KO WAI MĀTOU

E mihi atu ana ki a Papatūānuku, ki a Papatūārangi, te papa i takatakahia e ngā mātua tūpuna, te papa i waihotia e rātou mā, te papa e māroro ki te itinga, e māroro ki te opunga, te Papa-awhi, e awhi ana i a tātou, o tēnā, o tēnā, o tēnā o ngā whakatupuranga e tupu ake nei. Te Ūkaipō, Te Ūkaipō o tātou katoa.

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KAIMAHI

Employees

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NGĀ MARAE

Connected Marae

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MAHERE

Maps

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NGĀ TARAHITI

Trustees 

OUR HISTORY

2024

  • Forestry silviculture team established under Josh Witehira’s supervision, with Jovan Tipene, Kalem Jones, Hohepa Livingstone, Joshua Haenga and Jacob Marsh.

  • Contract work for forestry team secured through PF Olsen in the Trust’s forestry blocks 

  • Beehive placement agreement with Manuka Health renewed for 2 years on a profit share basis

  • Trust establishes its own honey operation, managed in-house by Sean Laybourn. Agreement entered into with Seeka to provide pollination on the Trust’s orchards (approximately 400 beehives)

OUR TIMELINE

Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust (Trust) is a large and rapidly expanding Trust. The Trust whenua and estate is approximately 6,000 hectares centred alongside the towns of Moerewa and Kawakawa.

The Trust has over 5,500 registered beneficiaries (beneficial owners) represented at present by seven trustees who govern the Trust under the authority of a Trust Order pursuant to Section 244 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.

 

The Trust has substantial interests in forest leases and owns horticultural orchards in the Kerikeri area with 32ha of Zespri G3 Gold kiwifruit.

 

Wealth creation through these and other interests has seen the Trust portfolios and assets grow in value over time, from $500,000 in 1980 to a multi million dollar Trust today.The Trust continues to diversify its interests with a kaupapa Māori approach that considers not only commercial interests but extends to environmental, cultural, economic and social interests. The Trust is active in the preservation and enhancement of its estate and has also been involved with training programmes within the Ngāti Hine rohe. The Trust is taking a significant step towards the restoration and innovation of an indigenous forestry future over the coming decades and centuries. NHFT has offices in Whangarei and Moerewa.

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