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)
The Chatham Islands
Enterprise Trust Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 24th
September 2009 in the Waitangi Hall commencing at 7.00pm. The AGM is an
opportunity for the Trust to report on the Trust activities for the
previous year and to provide comment on future Trust activities.
Members of the community are encouraged to attend and to ask questions
they may have regarding the Trust and its Subsidiary Companies.
A
reminder to everyone that the nominations for the Community and
Enterprise Awards close on Friday 17th September 2009 at 5.00pm. The
following is the criteria for each award:
Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust - Enterprise Award
Chatham resident/Chatham based
Owned/managed/operated by a Chatham resident/s
A relatively new venture/service which has been operational for less than 24 months
Considered to be enterprising, that is, someone who has taken the initiative to develop an opportunity
Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust - Community Award
Chatham resident/Chatham based
A voluntary not-for-profit organization
A service provider to the wider community
Working to improve the services they provide to the community
The Strategic Plan is now in its final draft and also the company
Business Plans. The community workshop was
held on Thursday 25th June in the Waitangi Hall, Trustees presented
the Strategic Plan to the community and feedback was noted and will be included
in the final plan where they were felt appropriate. Thank you to those members of the public who
attended the meetings. Provision was
also made for those who wanted to make a written submission.
CI Council and CI Enterprise Trust representatives met with
Government Officials in Wellington
on 4 June 2009 to discuss the $20 million Infrastructure fund, infrastructure
assets, future developments and the need to fund those developments at the time
of writing there has been no response back from Government. Trustees will be meeting with Annette King
during her visit to the Island.
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 