About the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority

What is the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority?

The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority (Maunga Authority) is the statutory authority established under the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act to co-govern the Tūpuna Maunga.

The Maunga Authority is comprised of equal representatives from Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and Auckland Council, together with Crown (non-voting) representation.

A new term of the Authority will begin once appointments are made by Ngā Mana Whenua and the Auckland Council, following the local elections on 8 October 2022. The membership of the new board will be advised early in 2023.

Proposed amendment to the Tūpuna Maunga integrated management plan

The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority have made an amendment to the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Integrated Management Plan under the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014 and Reserves Act 1977.

This is a new appendix to the Integrated Management Plan (IMP). It proposes ecological restoration projects (including the planting of native species and the removal of non-native trees) for:

• Ōwairaka / Te Ahi Kā a Rakataura / Mt Albert (the Ōwairaka project)
• Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa / Mt Roskill
• Ōtāhuhu / Mt Richmond
• Te Tātua a Riukiuta / Big King

Make a submission and read about the proposed IMP amendment by visiting the Tūpuna Maunga Authority. 

​Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority members

Mana Whenua

Paul Majurey
Chair
Marutūāhu Rōpū 

Tania Tarawa
Marutūāhu Rōpū

Ngarimu Blair
Ngāti Whātua Rōpū

Clay Hawke
Ngāti Whātua Rōpū

Karen Wilson
Waiohua Tāmaki Rōpū

Josie Smith
Waiohua Tāmaki Rōpū

Auckland Council

Toni van Tonder
Deputy Chair
Chair, Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

Christine Fletcher
Ward Councillor, Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa

Kerrin Leoni
Ward Councillor, Whau

Ken Turner
Ward Councillor, Waitākere

Tauanu'u Nick Bakulich
Chair, Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board

Nerrisa Henry
Member, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board

​Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority Hui dates

The Tūpuna Maunga Authority holds regular hui.

The Tūpuna Maunga Authority has scheduled the following hui in 2025:

• 17 February
• 7 April
• 26 May
• 23 June
• 4 August
• 29 September.

The venues and hui start times are determined closer to the hui date and are publicly notified in the New Zealand Herald one week prior.

​Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority Hui agendas and minutes

You can view hui agenda and minutes on the Tūpuna Maunga Authority website or request them by emailing MaungaAuthority@aklc.govt.nz

​Media enquiries in relation to Tūpuna Maunga

Email MaungaAuthority@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for media enquiries.