Te Ohu Kaimoana was excited to hear that Sealord Group Ltd  has acquired Tasmanian salmon producer, Petuna Aquaculture. Sealord is 50% owned by Moana New Zealand. Read the following release from Moana New Zealand for more information. Sealord acquires 100% of Tasmanian salmon producer Sealord Group Ltd is pleased to announce the purchase of the remaining 50% shareholding of Tasmanian salmon producer, Petuna Aquaculture, from founders Peter and Una Rockliff. Sealord have enjoyed a [...]

Te Ohu Kaimoana is proud to announce that the Māori Fisheries Conference will be held on Wednesday 25 March 2020 at the Novotel Auckland Airport. The name given to this year's conference is Poutu, and the theme is 'The Sustenance of Māori Identity'. Poutu is the son of Tangaroa, the father of Ruatepupuke and the koroua of Te Manuhauturuki. Poutu is at the inception of our whakapapa to Tangaroa and in line with this, we will explore how our [...]

Te Ohu Kaimoana is pleased to present the Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 September 2019. Physical reports are being mailed to Mandated Iwi Organisations and Asset Holding Companies and will arrive over the next few weeks. In the meantime, you can watch Dion's video overview or view a digital copy of the report by clicking on the image below.       https://youtu.be/h11hdD8S8xE

In early December, policy analyst Te Aomihia Walker attended the 16th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (commonly known as the Pacific Tuna Commission) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This Commission sees Pacific nations, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, USA, China, the EU and Japan meet to address problems in the management of high seas fisheries resulting from: unregulated fishing over-capitalization excessive fleet capacity vessel re-flagging to escape controls [...]

Te Ohu Kaimoana is pleased the government is consulting on options to improve the allocation and transfer processes provided for in the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004. Consultation officially began on 28 November 2019 with the release of a discussion document that proposes different options for enabling the allocation of aquaculture settlement assets to Iwi in accordance with the Act. The discussion document is based on a proposal we co-developed with Iwi in 2018 [...]

Te Ohu Kaimoana has welcomed three summer interns. This is the second year we've offered internships to university students over the summer. It's a great opportunity to: introduce our rangatahi to the policy mahi we do in fisheries and aquaculture work on a project that develops their skills and interests build networks and experience by working in a Māori organisation. We've enjoyed having Reto, Ants and Kiri in the office over the last [...]

Te Ohu Kaimoana congratulates Doug Paulin (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa) on his appointment as Sealord’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – the first Māori CEO to lead the 50% Iwi owned company. Doug will be working alongside current CEO Steve Yung over the next 12 months until he officially takes over as CEO in October 2020. Doug isn’t new to leadership, he was previously CEO at Hubbards Food Ltd. Doug has built strong connections [...]

On behalf of the Te Ohu Kaimoana Board we are pleased to provide you with our Third Quarter Report against the annual plan for the 2018/19 financial year. This quarter covers the period from 1 April to 30 June 2019. (Please click report below to view)               1 October 2019 Sustainability Review submitted               Thank you for informing Te Ohu Kaimoana’s response for the 1 October [...]