We are the regional wellbeing trust, with a strategic focus on community initiatives, economic development and providing for future generations in Tairāwhiti.
The Trust was formed following the electricity reforms in 1993 when the $20 million equity of the local power board was retained in the region through a community trust model. The Trust Deed outlines our two central objectives – to preserve the Trust's capital and provide for future generations.
Guided by its wellbeing framework He Rangitapu He Tohu Ora, the Trust supports the community in three ways: enabling others, investing and delivering through operations.
Trust Tairāwhiti has evolved and grown over the decades and is now also the regional Economic Development Agency and Regional Tourism Organisation, under a funding partnership with Gisborne District Council.
