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Ruarākai Tokomanawa Lands Trust
Our Trust is proud to provide this online platform for our owners to be kept up to date with what's happening on our collectively administered ancestral lands.
Our Vision
HE KAI KEI TE KĀINGA!
Nurturing our whenua,
and growing our mokopuna at home
Our Mission
HE KAI KEI AKU RINGA!
To drive meaningful development of our whenua, so that our mokopuna may flourish
Our Strategic Priorities
1. To protect, enhance and enable our whenua to provide for future generations
2. To provide opportunities for greater connectedness to our whenua and to our whānau.
3. To support papakāinga development and build a sense of belonging.
4. To improve our financial position and performance.
5. To strengthen the capacity and capability of our trustees.
Our Trustees
Ngā Kaitiaki o Ruarākai Tokomanawa Ahu Whenua Lands Trust
Kaumātua Grants
Now open!
We are excited to provide you with the opportunity to apply for a kaumātua grant of $100.00 each year. This annual contribution can be applied for by our owners who are over the age of 65 and who are listed as an owner in any one of the thirteen land blocks that Ruarākai Tokomanawa Lands Trust administers.
Alternatively, if you would like to fill our a paper application form, please email us - ruarakaitokomanawa@gmail.com
Applications for the 24/25 financial year close 31 March 2026 and will be paid no later than 20 April 2026. Please note that payments from the 23/24 financial year will also be honoured as Kaumātua payments were approved at our 2024 AGM.
2025 AGM
Saturday 18 April 2026
Te Kura o Omarumutu
We welcome you all to attend our 2025 Annual General Meeting.
1 | 10.00am Karakia/Mihimihi
2 | 10.10am Apologies
3 | 10.15am Annual Report
4 | 11.00am Ratification of 2024 AGM minutes
5 | 11.20am Papakāinga Developments
6 | 11.50am Adoption of Financial Statements 2024
7 | 12.15pm Variation of Trust Order
2.5.1 | The Trustees must keep proper accounts and prepare annual financial statements for each Financial year which (delete 'are to') ‘may’ be audited.
8 | 12.30pm General Business
9 | 1.00pm Karakia Whakamutunga
At this stage it is unknown if zoom is an option. Prioritising attendance in-person is encouraged.
