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The Board of the
Waikato River
Authority:
The Board of the Waikato
River Authority consists of ten
members being made up of
five Crown appointees and five
iwi appointees (from the five
Waikato River iwi).
The co-governance
arrangement focuses on
the primary purpose of the
Authority being to:
• Set the primary direction,
through the Vision and
Strategy, to achieve the
restoration and protection
of the health and wellbeing
of the Waikato River for
future generations;
• Promote the integrated,
holistic and co-ordinated
approach to the
implementation of the
Vision and Strategy and the
management of the Waikato
River; and
• Fund rehabilitation initiatives
for the Waikato River in
its role as trustee for the
Waikato River Clean-up Trust.
In addition the Board
oversees:
• The function and activities of
the Waikato River Authority;
• The function and activities
of the Waikato River Clean-
up Trust, including the
distribution of clean-up funds;
• The monitoring of the
finances of the Authority
and the Clean-up Trust;
• The creation of the long-
term endowment fund to
enable clean-up funding
post 2040 (when Crown
funding ceases).
Vanessa Eparaima
Iwi Appointee – Raukawa
Alan Livingston
Crown Appointee
Roger Pikia
Iwi Appointee – Te Arawa
Deputy Co-Chair/Chair
Investment Committee
Jenni Vernon
Crown Appointee
Deputy Co-Chair
Traci Houpapa
Crown Appointee
Weo Maag
Iwi Appointee – Maniapoto
Peter Buckley
Crown Appointee
Heemi Biddle
Iwi Appointee – Tuwharetoa
Tukoroirangi Morgan
Iwi Appointee – Waikato Tainui
Co-Chair
Hon John Luxton
Crown Appointee
Co-Chair
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Waikato River Authority
Five Year Report
2015