Source: Tapuwae Road
Tapuwae Roa has announced today the appointment of Lady Tureiti Moxon to its Board of Directors, a move set to strengthen the Trust’s commitment and service to urban Māori communities.
Lady Moxon (Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāi Tahu) served as Director of the Trust (then Te Pūtea Whakatupu) for six months in 2017. Her re-appointment recognises Lady Moxon’s long-standing history with the Trust and its mandated Representative Māori Organisations.
Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Waikato in 2024, for her services to Māori health, welfare, and justice, Lady Moxon has long advocated for equity and resourcing to meet the needs of whānau Māori living in cities. Since 2012, she has chaired the National Urban Māori Authority (NUMA), representing affiliated urban Māori organisations across Aotearoa.
Alongside her governance roles, Lady Moxon is also the managing director of Te Kōhao Health, a marae-based health and community centre, where she has championed kaupapa Māori approaches to hauora and whānau ora since 2002.
“Tapuwae Roa plays an important role in empowering urban rangatahi, whānau and community groups to create solutions for themselves,” says Lady Moxon.
“I look forward to working together with Tapuwae Roa and Te Ohu Kaimoana boards to bring about sustainable gains for our whānau.”
Lady Moxon will succeed Kate Cherrington, who has served the Tapuwae Roa board since 2017, and is welcomed by remaining directors Maria Ngawati (Chair) and Awerangi Tamihere, and alternate directors Tatiana Greening, Bernie O’Donnell, and Naomi Manu.
“Lady Moxon brings so much experience across the health and legal sectors, but more than that, she brings the lived understanding of how best to reach our underserved whānau,” says Maria Ngawati, Chair of Tapuwae Roa.
“The current political and fiscal environment is such that we need to work in close partnership with others to maximise our collective impact.
“Lady Moxon’s track record of achieving this speaks for itself – nō mātou te maringanui.”
ABOUT TAPUWAE ROA
Tapuwae Roa (formally, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust) was established under the Māori Fisheries Act 2004 as part of the settlement of Māori fishing rights claims. As an independent charitable trust, its role is to provide strategic leadership in education, training, and workforce development for Māori, and to manage the Trust’s fund made available for these purposes. Tapuwae Roa has a particular obligation to ensure benefits are made available to all Māori and give regard to Māori who do not associate with their iwi and/or do not receive benefits from a Mandated Iwi Organisation.
