Values
Lennie Johns, Chairman:
“From the beginning, the six Iwi owners set out to run Tukia as a values-driven organisation. When we interact with the people across all the Iwi, we always find approval for this approach, the way we share information with all interested parties, and the transparent and respectful way we engage with the rightful leaders and rightful tikanga. What has really pleased me has been the equally positive response from our partners in the Pakeha commercial world.
“In a recent interview, Joan Withers, the Chair of Mighty River Power, commented that ‘Tukia’s values of openness, honesty and transparency are incredibly powerful and valuable in a partner’. And Adrian Orr, the CEO of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, observed that ‘the sacred commitment Tukia’s owners have to their Taonga paves the way for generating intergenerational value.
“At the end of the day, what drives us is the empowerment of traditional authority and the reconnection with the Taonga that we historically safeguarded and used for the benefit of our people.
“Our Whānaungatanga has kept us together so far, and it will sustain us into the future. Our collective strength, Tatou Katoa, is the key to capturing full value from our assets, and to ensuring that our culture will no longer be ceremonial but a guiding light for new operating and governing models.”