{"id":426813,"date":"2026-05-14T05:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/426813\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T05:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:46:08","slug":"northlands-ngapuhi-joins-iwi-fisheries-collective-to-boost-seafood-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/426813\/","title":{"rendered":"Northland\u2019s Ng\u0101puhi joins iwi fisheries collective to boost seafood returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Established in 2010, the ICP brought together fishing entities from across the North Island<\/a>, including Northland\u2019s Te Rarawa.<\/p>\n

The partnership would expand the species diversity of annual catch entitlement available to ICP members, with Ng\u0101puhi\u2019s<\/a> quota of inshore and deepwater species. <\/p>\n

The collective would now manage 20,000 metric tonnes of annual fishing rights across 123 species, supplying seafood to global markets through commercial partnerships with fisheries companies.<\/p>\n

But Wells said the partnership was not just about increasing scale but two like-minded organisations joining forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shared kaupapa included good management of the fisheries and ensuring all iwi entities involved benefit, no matter their size, he said.<\/p>\n

\"Ng\u0101puhiNg\u0101puhi Asset Holding Company independent chairman Nick Wells says the partnership means maximising price and opportunities for fish caught.<\/p>\n

Ng\u0101puhi Asset Holding Company chief executive Matthew Mudford, who took up the role in February, said there was encouraging potential with the partnership.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collective is already a powerhouse of like-minded M\u0101ori fisheries entities with over 15 years\u2019 of operational experience and a proven track record in iwi fisheries.\u201d<\/p>\n

This would give Ng\u0101puhi<\/a> an opportunity to improve returns, he said.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s announcement came eight months after the company\u2018s Kaikohe Berries signed a 9.5-year partnership<\/a> with Australasian horticulture business T&G Fresh.<\/p>\n

Wells said such high-value partnerships were a deliberate way for the company to grow and he expected more announcements to come.<\/p>\n

Growth would not only allow the company to deliver more dividend to Te R\u016bnanga-\u0101-iwi-\u014d-Ng\u0101puhi but allow it to be more innovative in what it offered its people, he said.<\/p>\n

One example it was looking at was an IwiSaver project, which would help Ng\u0101puhi\u2019s youngest to save, getting value from compounding interest and learning financial literacy<\/a> at the same time, Wells said.<\/p>\n

Denise Piper is a news reporter<\/a> for the Northern Advocate, focusing on health and business. She has more than 20 years in journalism and is passionate about covering stories that make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Established in 2010, the ICP brought together fishing entities from across the North Island, including Northland\u2019s Te Rarawa.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9442,11231,138,9942,3088,69345,8321,54249,1437,50521,16572,6371,2720,111,139,218941,218942,24926,69,193,3333,6443,1109,5513,61,3382,102],"class_list":["post-426813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-better","tag-boost","tag-business","tag-collective","tag-commercial","tag-entities","tag-fish","tag-fisheries","tag-global","tag-iwi","tag-joined","tag-joins","tag-mori","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-ngpuhi","tag-ngpuhis","tag-northlands","tag-nz","tag-other","tag-price","tag-returns","tag-scale","tag-seafood","tag-to","tag-using","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}