Glen Tupuhi has been named co-chair of Te Tiratū Iwi Māori Partnership board, stepping into the role alongside Tipa Mahuta and replacing Hagen Tautari. Te Tiratū is one of the largest of the 15 boards set up under the Pae Ora Act, representing about 121,000 Māori whānau across the Tainui waka rohe (region).
Its job is to ensure Māori views shape how local health services are designed and delivered.
Glen Tupuhi.
Tupuhi has worked across Māori development for more than 30 years, in fields spanning health, education, and justice. His career includes leadership roles with Oranga Tamariki, Corrections, Health Waikato, Hauora Waikato, and Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa. He has also held iwi, hapū, and marae leadership roles.
He serves as an independent director at listed developer Winton Land. The company lists him on its board alongside Steven Joyce and others.
Tuipuhi also serves on the boards of Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki and the Hauraki PHO and chairs the Hauraki Localities Alliance. Other governance posts include chairing Ngā Muka Development Trust, which has worked with iwi across North Waikato on major projects such as Lakeside at Te Kauwhata and the early stages of the Ohinewai development.
He has been involved in wider economic initiatives, including evidence to rezoning hearings at Ohinewai as chair of the Tangata Whenua Governance Group, and engagement around the Cobb Vantress chicken breeding operation.
Past public roles include serving on Auckland’s first Independent Māori Statutory Board and on the Māori Economic Development Panel that produced He Kai Kei Aku Ringa, the strategy to 2040.
Tupuhi affiliates to Ngāti Pāoa ki Waiheke, Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki, Waikato, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Naho o Waikato, Ngāti Rangimahora, and Ngāti Apakura. He also holds governance and philanthropic posts such as a trusteeship of the Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation.
Te Tiratū IMPB said Tupuhi's appointment reflected its ongoing commitment to strong, culturally informed governance. Co-chair Tipa Mahuta welcomed him to the role, thanking Tautari for his service and saying the board looked forward to Tupuhi’s leadership.
