Our board

Brett Ellison

Brett Ellison 2022

Brett Ellison

Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou

Brett is an experienced executive across the iwi commercial sector, having spent over 10 years in senior roles across the Ngāi Tahu Holdings Group and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu – focusing on their seafood and property sector, and Crown relationships and Settlement rights. He was formerly the GM for Business Development at Ngāi Tahu Property.

Brett is an Investment Manager with Koau Capital Partners and supports the property activity of various iwi, and acts as investment manager for the Hāpai property collective – an iwi owned and governed property vehicle with a focus across the commercial, development and housing sectors

Born and bred at Ōtākou, and a graduate (BA, MA) of the University of Otago, Brett is a Director on Eke Panuku Limited, the Auckland Council-controlled organisation that delivers urban regeneration in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. He was also a director on Rangitāne Holdings, and chairs Te Rūnaka Ōtākou Ltd.

Remaining board members

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Juliette Stevenson

Te Rūnanga o Waihao
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Trevor Mcglinchey

Trevor McGlinchey

Acting Chairman - Te Rūnanga o Moeraki
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Philip Broughton

Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki
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Board Aukaha 2021 Terry Nicholas

Terry Nicholas

Hokonui Rūnanga
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Mike Collins

Independent Board Member
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Kā mātāpono Our Values

Testimonials

1. Rakatirataka

We act with integrity, responsibility, and authority, reflective of the mana and rakatirataka of the manawhenua we work on behalf of.

2. Whanaukataka

We are inclusive and cooperative: with rūnaka, whānau, kaimahi stakeholders, partners and clients.

3. Manaakitaka

We work to build the capacity of ourselves and of our rūnaka, whānau, and hapū. We are supportive of our partners, clients, and stakeholders.

4. Kotahitaka

We work collaboratively to maximise our collective strengths and achieve hapū aspirations. This occurs across all of our pou; with our board, manawhenua panels, rūnaka and whānau; and with our partners, stakeholders and clients.

5. Mōhiotaka

We are responsive and communicative, and actively value and work to increase the knowledge systems within which we work.

6. Auahataka

We are innovative in our work, finding new ways to test our thinking, develop new ideas, generating new knowledge, and ways of operating.

7. Tautiakitaka

We operate with prudence and with awareness of the wider implications of our actions within financial, social, cultural, and environmental contexts.

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