Graham Pryor - Chair
Iwi/hapū: Ngāti Rangitihi
Graham Pryor is a director and chair of Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Ltd, the corporate trustee for Te Mana o Ngati Rangitihi Trading Trust, which is responsible for managing the investment assets of Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust. Graham is an accountant by profession with a background in managing media businesses, business consulting, investment management and Treaty negotiation. He was one of a three-person negotiation team that successfully negotiated settlement of New Zealand’s’s largest Treaty claim with the Crown, settling all historical claims of eight Central North Island Iwi to 176,000 hectares of CNI forests land.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
Iwi/hapū: Te Arawa
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait is a professional administrator with an interest in central and local government politics, environmental management, and Māori economic and social development. Merepeka is an elected member of the Lakes District Health Board, a member of the Executive of the Rotorua Chamber of Commerce, a Ministerial Appointee on the Te Arawa Whānau Ora Regional Leadership Group, and an executive member of the Rotorua Social Services Council. She also runs her own consultancy, specialising in organisational development and change management.