Te Kotahitanga o Te Arawa Waka Fisheries Trust (TKTOA) governs the Te Arawa Fisheries Group. TKOTA delivers benefits for Te Arawa descendants through programmes, partnerships and funding. The TKOTA Board of Trustees comprises elected representatives from each of our 10 iwi:
Te Arawa Fisheries Group comprises of Te Arawa Fisheries Limited (TAFL), Te Arawa Fisheries Holding Company Limited (TAFHCL) and Arawa Fisheries Mussels Limited (AFML).
TAFHCL was established to receive Te Arawa’s fisheries and aquaculture settlement assets. It continues to hold settlement and non-settlement assets.
TAFL is the management company for the assets. It receives proceeds from TAFHC and is responsible for the actual management of operations.
AFML trading as Hī Mussels is our brand of mussel products, managed by Baypackers.