About the Trust

Purpose

The Lake Rotoaira Forest Trust was established in 1973 to represent the interests of the owners of 85 separate Maori land titles located on the slopes of mounts Pihanga, Tongariro, Kakaramea and Kuharua, around the shores of Lake Rotoaira and Otamangakau, and in the upper Wanganui Basin.

Lake Rotoaira Forest Trust is a Maori authority that administers the land interests of over 12,000 owners and nearly 23,000 hectares of land including 9,600 hectares in productive world class plantation forestry in the Central North Island of New Zealand.

Trustees

  • BIDDLE, Heemi James
  • CALLAGHER, Kerry
  • HARRIS, Judy Ngapera
  • KONUI, Desmond Grant Kepariki Tahi 
  • MARIU, Jamie Lee Te Paekitawhiti
  • SMITH, Tyronne 
  • TAITUMA, Frankie (Chairperson)
  • TONGA, Jody
  • TUPARA, John Rangituehu

Annual General Meeting of Owners

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Owners will be held on Saturday 01 February 2025, 10am at Otukou Marae, Rotoaira.

Registration will open at 9am, all enquiries to be directed to agm@lrft.co.nz

Please note, there will not be a 'Whanau Day' this year.