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Our Trading Trust Trustees
Enabling and guiding our financial supports
Graham Pryor - Chair
Iwi/hapū: Ngāti Rangitihi
Graham is a director and chair of Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Ltd, the corporate trustee for Te Mana o Ngāti 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.
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Kererua Savage
Ian Dickson
Iwi/hapū: Ngāti Rangitihi, Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Ngāti Awa
Kererua has led strategic and senior functions across policy, banking, and consulting, spanning sectors such as finance, debt structuring, carbon trading, commercial banking, horticulture, geothermal energy, tourism, and property investment. He operates at both governance and operational levels, championing Māori economic development anchored in tikanga, whenua, and whānau wellbeing. He holds an MBA and a Master of Indigenous Studies and is completing doctoral research in economics. Alongside his professional and academic commitments, he is usually coaching his tamariki sports teams as well as remaining deeply involved in supporting marae and whenua Māori entities to realise their aspirations.
Ian is a director of Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Ltd.'s corporate trustee for Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trading Trust. He is a financial economist with a background in the New Zealand Treasury, investment banking, investment management and negotiation support. Ian was part of the team advising the Negotiators of the Ngāti Rangitihi Comprehensive Settlement. He is also the Investment Committee convener for the Te Pūia Tāpapa Fund, which has invested $100 million in long-term private equity investments on behalf of the nearly 40 Māori organisations that subscribed capital to the Fund.
Te Kapunga Dewes
Iwi/hapū: Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Te Whakatōhea
Te Kapunga has more than three decades of experience in the forestry, wood processing, and manufacturing industries. He currently serves as the CEO of Whenua Oho - a consultancy service offering advice and consultancy to Māori landowners - and Interpine Innovation - a company dedicated to integrating cutting-edge technology into today's forestry practices. Te Kapunga holds positions on various Māori Trusts and government advisory groups and presides as the Chair of Ngā Pou a Tāne – The National Māori Forestry Association. His passion lies in generating economically viable opportunities for Māori Landowners in Forestry.
Linda Falwasser
Iwi/hapū: Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Awa, Waikato-Tainui
Linda is a Professional Director, Consultant, and experienced CEO with more than 26 years of executive leadership across public, private, and Iwi Māori sectors. She specialises in business and financial strategy, commercial growth, and economic development, with expertise in capital investment, risk management, and business transformation. She has led major acquisition and infrastructure projects, including establishing a pioneering Crown-Māori joint venture and National Aerospace Centre. Recognised for her broad expertise, Linda has a strong track record in strategic leadership and governance acumen - integrating Te Ao Māori to drive commercial innovation and strengthen corporate governance.