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Ngāpuhi joins iwi fisheries collective

Ngāpuhi says joining a 20 member fisheries collective is about lifting returns, building scale, and freeing capacity for new investment opportunities.

Representatives from Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company and the Iwi Collective Partnership following Ngāpuhi’s entry into the collect

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Key points
  • What’s at stake? Ngāpuhi is betting collective scale and shared commercial capability can improve returns from fisheries while opening the door to wider investment opportunities.
  • Background Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company has joined the Iwi Collective Partnership, which now manages 20,000 metric tonnes of annual fishing rights across 123 species.
  • Main players Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company chief executive Matthew Mudford, chair Nick Wells, and Iwi Collective Partnership chief executive Ken Houkamau.

Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company has joined the country’s largest tribal fisheries collective in a move that reflects growing pressure on iwi to seek greater scale and stronger commercial returns from quota holdings.

NAHC has entered an initial partnership with the Iwi Collective Partnership, a

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Mike McRoberts Mon, 11 May 2026
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Key points
  • What’s at stake? Ngāpuhi is betting collective scale and shared commercial capability can improve returns from fisheries while opening the door to wider investment opportunities.
  • Background Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company has joined the Iwi Collective Partnership, which now manages 20,000 metric tonnes of annual fishing rights across 123 species.
  • Main players Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company chief executive Matthew Mudford, chair Nick Wells, and Iwi Collective Partnership chief executive Ken Houkamau.
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