The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board (the Board) was established under the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board Act 1988 (the Act) The role and function of the Board has been set down in the Act and this gives the Board the legal mandate to work on behalf of, and represent, the “Maniapoto Tribe”. That is, the Board is the only existing governance entity for Ngāti Maniapoto and the legal voice of the iwi. This means that the Board is the only iwi authority in Ngāti Maniapoto that can represent Ngāti Maniapoto in national matters affecting iwi Māori such as the fisheries settlement.
Statistics maintain that a large section of Ngati Maniapoto people continue to occupy a low socio-economic position, and to help improve their well-being the Board has taken an holistic approach to health, employment, education, housing, social services, land claims, kaumātua and rangatahi.
The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board 20th Anniversary Celebrations 1989 – 2009
By William Wetere
This brief history is dedicated to those Trustees who have now passed.
Canon Rua Anderson
Rev Bob Emery
Sister Heeni Wharemaru
Richard Rangitaawa
George Warren
The Board is made up of 15 Trustees:
Seven trustees are appointed by the seven MMTB regional management committees (RMCs)
One appointment per RMC
One trustee is appointed by the Kaumātua Kaunihera
One trustee is appointed by Kiingi Tuheitia and six trustees are elected by those eligible to vote on the electoral roll i.e. the tribal register
| Representation | Name |
| Chairman Generally Elected |
Keith Ikin |
| Deputy Chairman RMC Representitive – Ngā Tai o Kāwhia |
John Kaati |
| Generally Elected | Bella Takiari-Brame |
| Generally Elected | Dan Te Kanawa |
| Generally Elected | Luke Moss |
| Generally Elected | Rachael Tuwhangai |
| Generally Elected | Wikitōria Tāne |
| Kaumātua Kaunihera Representitive | Tom Roa |
| RMC Representitive – Hauauru ki Uta | Ronald Takerei |
| RMC Representitive – Mōkau ki Runga | Muiora Barry |
| RMC Representitive – Nehenehenui | Gabrielle Morgan-Logan |
| RMC Representitive -Rereahu | |
| RMC Representitive – Te Tokanganui a Noho | |
| RMC Representitive – Tuhua Hikurangi | Tame Tuwhangai |
| Te Arikinui Representitive | Kruger Wetere |
| Name | Representation |
|---|---|
| Bella Takiari-Brame | Chairperson, MMTB/MFT Appointed trustee |
| Glenn Tootill | Director, MMTB/MFT Appointed trustee |
| Chris Koroheke | Director |
| Naomi Hughes | Director |
| Hohepa Rauputu
Tony Magner |
Director
General Manager |