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)
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 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
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 