Whangara Farm Board Whakahaere

Rather than a company, trust or other business model, Pakarae A and other blocks, Tapuwae Whitiwhiti and Whangara B5 chose to enter into a partnership. The main reason being under a partnership model they could design their own rules and maintain their taxation status as a Māori Authority.

From the outset, the Partners placed their land, buildings and livestock at the use of the partnership. This has allowed the Partners to retain ownership in their own names for these important assets. The value of the assets placed at the use of the partnership determined the profit share of the partners.

The other main document of the partnership is the terms of reference, which states the terms under which the partnership board operates. It is reviewed and set each year by the partners. This is an important control document for the partners as each year they need to approve the strategic plan, business plan and budget as proposed by the partnership board.

Ingrid Nea Collins MNZM

Chairperson - Shareholder Member - Whangara B5 representative

Ko Pukehapopo te maunga
Ko Waiomoko te awa
Ko Pureihuriata te waka
Ko Ngati Konohi te hapu
Ko Te Aitanga-A-Hauiti te Iwi
Ko Ingrid Nea Collins toku ingoa

Chairperson – Whangara Farms
Chairperson – Whangara B5 Incorporation
Co-Chair Tairawhiti Whenua Discussion Group
Co-Owner/CE Three Rivers Medical Ltd

Ingrid has four decades experience in Māori Land Incorporations management and Māori land-based business. In addition to a successful farm operation on the East Coast of New Zealand, Ingrid’s expertise includes health management and Corporate Governance.

Current directorships include Chair of Whangara B5 Incorporation and Whangara Farms. Co-Chair of Tairawhiti Whenua Maori Discussion Group, Trustee of Chelsea Private Hospital Gisborne, Matai Brain Injury and Heart Disease Trustee. Matai is setting up a research School of Excellence in Tairawhiti, targeting Maori and others. Medical Professors from around the world are involved and support this kaupapa. Ingrid has also served 10 years on the Tairawhiti District Health Board - the last nine as Chair. Joined at the onset and was a committee member for 15 years on FOMA.

Ingrid is a trustee of 28 Maori Battalion C Company, Patron of the Gisborne Malaysian Forces. Has travelled and presented in Geneva, Germany, and many speaking engagements throughout New Zealand. In 2008 she became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Māori and Health. A staunch supporter of the All Blacks and Silver Ferns Netball.

Stan Pardoe

Board Member - Shareholder Member - Pakarae A & Other Blocks representative

Originally trained at Te Aute College, Stan is a farming stalwart with more than 30 years’ industry experience.

Farmed two properties at Manutuke which included sheep, beef, cropping and Angora goats
Committee member Arai Matawai Incorporation for 15 years also supervisor for three years
Former Chair and supervisor of Mangaotane Trust
Former Chair of Pohaturoa Trust
Former Chair of Te Aute Trust Farms Hawkes Bay, and held position of supervisor for 20 years
Committee member of Tapere Incorporation for 15 years
Te Runanga O Turanganui-a-Kiwa fishing representative for 25 years and part of the Maori Fisheries settlement
Representative for TOKM on the NZ Rock Lobster Management Council 21 years
Representative for Te Runanga O Turanganui-a-Kiwa and five other iwi on Te Kupenga and the Moana Fisheries Board for 12 years.
Lead negotiator for Rongowhakaata Treaty of Waitangi Claim, which was settled in 2011.

Jacqueline Blake

Board Member - Shareholder Member - Tapuwae Whitiwhiti representative

Jacqueline Blake (nee Haapu)
(Ngati Konohi, Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Te Whanau a Kai)
Board Member – Whangara Farms
Committee Member – Tapuwae Whitiwhiti

Jacqueline has been a member of the committee of management for Tapuwae Whitiwhiti since 2009. She was appointed to the Whangara Farms Board in 2015 for Tapuwae Whitiwhiti.

Jacqueline was born in Gisborne and educated locally at Te Wharau Primary School, Te Karaka Primary School, Waikohu College and Lytton High School. She attended Waikato University and has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws.

Jacqueline is a lawyer based in Gisborne practising in the areas of Family Law and Māori Land Law. She is also the Chairperson of the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve and a member of Te Kapa Haka o Whangara Mai Tawhiti.

“Whangara Farms vision is to be an outstanding business delivering ongoing sustainable returns. Our principles are manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, whanaungatanga and rangatiratanga. I am passionate about building our assets for the benefit of Ngati Konohi.”

Murray Jamieson

Board Member - Independent Member

After 30 years dairy farming which involved winning multiple dairy industry awards, I embarked on an agribusiness governance career. This led to being contracted by both the Ministry of Primary Industries and Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, to primarily provide strategic advice to Iwi agribusiness ventures.

At this time, I was also Principal Farm Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor at Lincoln University providing a vital link between the rural sector and University curriculum.

Currently, I sit on a number of boards from Kaitaia to Southland of both Iwi and commercial entities covering a wide spectrum of agricultural operations along with providing consulting services to a mix of clientele.

I live on a dairy farm on the Hamilton city boundary with my wife and three young children.