Board Members
Danny Loughlin
Roger Pikia
Deputy Co-Chair, Iwi Appointee (Tūwharetoa)
Iwi Appointee (Te Arawa River Iwi Trust)
Ko Tongariro te maunga, Ko Taupō te moana, Ko Tūwharetoa te iwi, Ko te Heuheu te tangata. Ko Ngāti Ruingarangi, Ngāti Rauhoto rātou ko Ngāti Te Maunga ngā karangaranga hapū. Danny Aperahama Loughlin is the iwi appointee for Tūwharetoa. He is General Manager for Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust. As a trustee of the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board for over 16 years, he has a responsibility as the legal kaitiaki for Taupō Waters, including the Waikato River. His current Board responsibilities include: Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board; Waikato Regional Council Joint Governance Committee; Taupo District Council Co-Governance Joint Management Committee; Hapū Alternate on Te Kotahitanga o Ngati Tūwharetoa; Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Holdings Limited; Tauhara Moana Trust; Tauhara Dairy Ltd; Healthy Rivers Plan for Change / Wai Ora – He Rautaki Whakapaipai Committee.
Mai i te Waiheke o Huka, whakarāwhiti atu ki te mania o Kaingaroa, Ko te tihi o Kākaramea, puta atu ki te pae Maunga o Paeroa, ko Ōrākei Kōrako te Ūkaipo, tae rawa atu ki Pōhaturoa. Ko te Awa o Waikato kei waenganui. Arā, ko ngā tāonga tuku īho, o Tahumatua. Ko Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa, rātou ko Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Raukawa, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniāpoto me Ngāti Hikairo ōku Iwi ko Roger Haare Charles Pikia tōku ingoa. Roger Pikia remains as the only inaugural Appointee serving on the Waikato River Authority (WRA) and Waikato River Clean-up Trust (WRCuT). He was formerly the Iwi Co-Chair of the WRA and the inaugural Chair of the WRA Investment Committee, which was tasked with establishing a perpetual fund by prudently investing surplus funds to help future proof the WRA and WRCuT. Roger was a foundation member of the Guardians Establishment Committee (GEC) which was the precursor to the WRA, tasked with formulating the vision and strategy which became the cornerstone of the Waikato River Settlement and related legislation. Roger is Chair of the Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa Runanga Trust and a Trustee on the Te Arawa River Iwi Trust (TARIT). He led the Waikato River Settlement negotiations with the Crown, for and on-behalf of TARIT. Roger also co-led the Treaty Settlement negotiations for Te Arawa along with advancing the interests of the Affiliate Iwi of the Te Arawa collective within the Central North Island Crown Forest Licensed Lands (CNI) Treaty Settlement negotiations. Roger is currently the CEO of the Tahumatua Investment Group of companies.
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