Our Team | Maui Inc. Limited

Co Founder & Farm Manager
Patau Tepania

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Patau Tepania
Co Founder & Farm Manager
- patau.tepania@mauiinc.nz
Holds a Local Launch Masters Certificate and has been commercial fishing prominently around the Ahipara/Tauroa coastline for the past 32yrs. Patau has often fished between Whangapē to the South, along the length of Ninety Mile beach North to Cape Reinga on the West coast and also off the Rangaunu Harbour to Cape Karikari and Northward to Cape Reinga on the East coast. Patau's father (the late Kennedy Tepania) would often talk about his time and experiences on the water and of the historical kōrero and knowledge which was passed down to him by his grandmother Morehu Pene Ārano, who also fished aboard the community waka of that time. She spoke of the reefs at Ahipara as renowned fishing areas that have sustained and fed the people who inhabit this coastline, for generations.
Co Founder & Corporate Services
Maureen Te Paa

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Maureen Te Paa
Co Founder & Corporate Services
- accounts@mauiinc.nz
Maureen has a keen eye for community development and successfully manages community and Māori development organisations. Maureen is an expert in Operational Management, HR, finance and is very skilled at coaching and mentoring others. She loves cooking, crocheting, knitting, walking her dog, camping and loves being Nanny to the masses of grandchildren.
Chair
Carol Berghan

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Carol Berghan
Chair
- carol.berghan@mauiinc.nz
Carol's role is to enable effective and successful partnerships between Maui Inc and its core stakeholders like Iwi, grow-out partners, the economic sector, R&D and Government. She brings a breadth of experiences in Governance, executive leadership and calls herself an 'expert generalist'. Carol's skill sets, relationships and whakapapa ensures that Maui Inc is strongly connected to the people of Te Hiku; the realities we face and the opportunities we can harness.
Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer
Baz Henare

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Baz Henare
Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer
- baz.henare@mauiinc.nz
Well known within the Australasian Seafood and Aquaculture Sector. He has held Senior Management and Programme Manager roles for industry leaders such as New Zealand King Salmon Ltd. Baz is the owner of Mahi Marine which provides expert advisory professional services along with sourcing and importing high-quality specialist marine equipment. Baz is currently studying for an MBA.
Research & Development
Suzie Clark

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Suzie Clark
Research & Development
- suzie.clark@mauiinc.nz
Suzie has worked in the enterprise space for a number of years and has a passion to help support Māori & Social Enterprises within Te Hiku. Suzie has also worked in the research space and is very excited to lead the R & D arm for the organisation and will also oversee the marketing and brand reputation for Māui Inc. With a strong work experience in project management, marketing and sales, Suzie brings a sharp focus on product specs and customer needs for Māui Inc. An advocate for Te Hiku business start-ups, staunchly community Suzie is committed to a thriving Te Hiku economy.
Chief of Operations & Communications
Tui Te Paa

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Tui Te Paa
Chief of Operations & Communications
- tui.tepaa@mauiinc.nz
Project lead at Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust for Economic Development. Tui is an integral and very capable member of her marae, takiwā and wider community. She has been an active and participating Trustee for two whenua Māori Trusts and her marae, Roma ki Ahipara, for many years. Tui comes from a very talented whānau of ringatoi (artists) and is a practising artist herself (weaving/tukutuku) who has recently obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Māori Visual Arts, Massey University and a Bachelor of Māori Art (raranga/weaving) TeMaunga Kura Toi, NorthTech.
Martin Butler

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Martin Butler
- martin.butler@mauiinc.nz
Martin Butler; Shareholder brings significant business expertise. He is a trusted independent strategy and commercial advisor, since 2008, to a number of Australasian businesses and Iwi. He is a trusted freelance advisor with PWC working extensively within the Corporate Finance and Infrastructure Teams. A Fitter Turner by trade, Martin has NZCE mech, MBA (dist.) focussing on industrial economics from Victoria University Wellington.

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