The
Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust was established to promote the
economic development and well-being of the Chatham Islands. The trust’s
activities are guided by a strategy formulated in 2002 and refreshed in
2008. View the Trust Deed.
Key industries on the Chatham Islands are farming, fishing and
tourism, with a particular emphasis on eco-tourism. Chatham Island
Enterprise Trust owns and operates the island's infrastructure
companies, including:
Chatham Islands Airport Ltd
Chatham Islands Electricity Ltd
Chatham Islands Forestry Ltd
Chatham Islands Port Ltd
Chatham Islands management Ltd
Chatham Islands Quota Holdings Ltd
THE ORGANISATION
CHAIRPERSON
Phil Seymour
TRUSTEES
Greg Horler
Donna Gregory-Hunt
Denise Thomas
Brent Mallinson
TRUST STAFF
Chief
Executive Officer - Ian
McFarlane -
Business
Operations Manager - Toni Gregory-Hunt -
Office
Manager/Finance - Denise Meo -
OTHER
Accountant - Grant Thornton & Simon Carey
Lawyer - Macalister Mazengarb & David Greenslade
Advisor - Harbour Chambers & Hugh Rennie QC
Bankers - ANZ (Waitangi - Chatham Islands)
Auditors - Audit New Zealand (on behalf of the Auditor General)
A project to harness wave energy on the Chatham Islands has been
awarded funding under the government's Marine Energy Deployment Fund,
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
The proposal put forward by Chatham Islands Marine Energy Ltd
(CHIME), to install a shore-based device to capture wave energy, has
been awarded $2.16 million, subject to conditions, including receiving
resource consent.
The project will see the construction of an oscillating water column
to power two 110 kilowatt Wells turbines. The device will be installed
on the south-west coast of Chatham Island, and will supply electricity
into the island's electricity network.
Chatham Islands Management Limited Ron
Tuuta Trustee and Chatham Islands Ports Limited Director have been contracted
as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust until
this position is filled.
We welcome La Toya Hough to
the staff; La Toya replaced Deidre Thomas as our cleaner.
CIET Trustees, Councillors
and Iwi/Imi Trustees have made the decision to meet monthly to attend monthly
Whanaungatanga (Relationship) Hui, each governance group has a turn at hosting
and the aim of these hui is for the groups to let each other know what is
happening within their organizations merely as a communication tool these hui
are informal and no set agenda is made but at times there have been requests
for a particular item to be discussed.
The
Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust was established to promote the
economic development and well-being of the Chatham Islands. The trust’s
activities are guided by a 