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Wi Pere Trust

Governance



The Wi Pere trustees are responsible to 364 beneficaries in accordance with section 15 of the Maori Purposes Act 1938 and Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.

 

Alan is a chartered accountant and former partner of a major international accounting firm with 20+ years in Canada and New Zealand. Alan's experience developed in the area of buying, selling and repositioning small, medium and large businesses.

Alan maintains a range of directorships in various organisations involved in resource development, change management, business transformation and repositioning, market development and intellectual property development to keep abreast of current business issues both local and international.

As a part of his experience at governance level, Alan has had considerable involvement in the appointment of senior management for both government and private sector organisations.

Alan Haronga

Tom Smiler's many achievements are as follows:

Tennis
  - 1930 at Te Poho o Rawiri, won NZ Maori Junior Tennis Championship, I was       lucky thanks to uncle Jack Baker who forced me to play.
  - 1932 at Te Poho o Rawiri, won NZ Maori Senior Mens Doubles Tennis  Championship, with Fred Keyes who played for King Country, again lucky due to his  brother was sick so he was looking for a partner, again thanks to Uncle Jack Baker  who got me to partner with Fred Keyes.
Rugby
- Represented Poverty Bay Rugby Representatives in the back line for 15 years.
- Highlights
- Beating Auckland Rugby Team in 1939 – 25 - 6 - Beating Hawkes Bay/Wairoa
Hockey
- Represented Poverty Bay in 1930, while 15 years old
- Won against Napier/Hastings
- Played against Wellington and Auckland, won some, lost some.
- Beat Australia in 1950 – 3 – 1, the only defeat Australia had that year in New Zealand, came back the next year, as soon as they could, and beat us 2 – 1.
- From 1930 to 1980 became involved and organised Maori Hockey Tournaments all over New Zealand
- I was Chairman for Hona Konewa and Tairawhiti Hockey Association for 60 years or more, am still involved.
Golf
- Ended up on a 2 handicap Maori links
Shearing
- Won Shearing Championships in Gisborne and Masterton.
- Became Bowen Shearing instructor for over 20 years in New Zealand
- Highlight was sole shearing instructor at a Fielding Shearing School of 180 school     students, 60 Monday morning, 60 Monday afternoon and 60 Tuesday morning, then start again with the first 60 and so forth.
- Shore my first 300 while I was 15 years old
- Shore over 400 a day
Wi Pere Trustee
- Appointed Trustee in December 1979
- Between 1979 and 1985 was a supervisor for the Trust, Trust is doing well.

 

 

Henry Lardelli was appointed Trustee 1991,

He is currently Retired/Farmer

Worked on the Gisborne Wharf

Played Rugby for Poverty Bay

Married to Gwen

Special Interest:  Horticulture

Albert Horsfall was appointed Trustee in 1991,

Current Position:  Government appointed Farm Advisor

employed for many years at Magatu blocks as Advisor

Played Rugby for Poverty Bay

Married to Lois

Special Interest:  Pastoral Farmer

Management

 

The trustees have appointed various people to manage our businesses. They are:


Tim Rhodes - Pastoral Manager
Lloyd Foss - Citrus
Dexin Huang - Vineyard

Further details on the manager's business units are provided under business activities

 

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