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Tū Ātea founding CEO to leave in August

Antony Royal departing as Māori-led spectrum and telecommunications network services firm shifts focus.

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Key points
  • What’s at stake? Tū Ātea is shifting from spectrum advocacy into commercial infrastructure delivery while recruiting leadership for its next phase.
  • Background Antony Royal has spent 26 years in Māori spectrum negotiations and helped establish the Interim Māori Spectrum Commission and Tū Ātea.
  • Main players Antony Royal, chair Robin Hapi, the Tū Ātea board, Broadtech’s Merv Taylor, and subsidiaries Broadtech, JDA, Feenix and Transworks are central to the transition.

The founding chief executive of Tū Ātea Limited, the Māori-owned parent of Tū Ātea Group, will leave the role when his contract concludes in August this year.

Antony Royal will remain chief executive until a successor is in place, with the board now searching for a new chief executive with

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Key points
  • What’s at stake? Tū Ātea is shifting from spectrum advocacy into commercial infrastructure delivery while recruiting leadership for its next phase.
  • Background Antony Royal has spent 26 years in Māori spectrum negotiations and helped establish the Interim Māori Spectrum Commission and Tū Ātea.
  • Main players Antony Royal, chair Robin Hapi, the Tū Ātea board, Broadtech’s Merv Taylor, and subsidiaries Broadtech, JDA, Feenix and Transworks are central to the transition.
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