The name of the Co-operative is Ngāti Ruapani ki Uta ki Tai Co-operative Society Limited (abbreviated to Ngāti Ruapani Society Co-op Ltd in this document).
We are co-operative company which is called a Primary Community Co-operative (Māori Community Society).
We are not a Common Law Trust or Māori Land Trust and are governed by our constitution which falls under the Co-operative Companies Act 1996. We have 6 Establishment Directors who have invested into this co-op. We invite membership to interested whānau and hapū members of Ngāti Ruapani ki Uta ki Tai.
Establishment Directors
Kath Peebles
Justice of the Peace
Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāi Tuhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Anita Loveriche
Health & Wellbeing Consultant
Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāi Tuhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Kera Mita
Kaumātua Carer
Ruapani ki Manutuke, Rongowhakaata
Mark Henderson
Biodiversity Business Consultant
Ngāti Hinekura, Ngāti Pākeha
Dr Rapata Wiri
Kaihautū Mātauranga – Academic Director
Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
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