Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust (TW) comprises of more than 70 Māori Trusts, incorporations, and Iwi/Post-settlement governance entities (PSGEs) in the rohe. The network collaborates on matters that pertain to the whenua, and people, and communicate their perspective and insights as the largest network of Māori landowners in Aotearoa New Zealand.

TW members currently manage more than 197,000 hectares of Māori land, the largest managing 46,000 hectares and the smallest 5 hectares. Members are responsible to more than 143,000 owners, employ more than 400 staff, manage at least $738 million in assets, and generate approximately $51 million of business revenue for Tairāwhiti.

TW members have diverse interests in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and other land uses. Most of the Iwi/PSGEs in Tairāwhiti are members through their Māori land interests.

Its current 74 members are a small number of the estimated 1,596 Māori land blocks in Tairāwhiti. The journey together was recently established by Māori landowners in the region, who were informed, involved and at the forefront of regulatory changes that affected their whenua, communities, and environment.