Who We Are
Mā Tātou is a unique Indigenous-led asset manager (kaiaki). We were established with a singular kaupapa (purpose): to empower indigenous leadership and deliver sustainable long-term impacts alongside robust investor returns.
We achieve this through large-scale, values-based investments – so that empowerment & wellbeing flourishes for all, now and for future generations. We chose our name because it means “for all of us” in te reo Māori – a reflection of our commitment to generate prosperity for all people and the environment.
We combine rigourous investment discipline with enduring principles of indigenous stewardship. Our proceses are designed to combine cultural integrity and commercial credibility to meet the expectations of global investors while embedding the values, authority and long-term vision of the communities we serve.
Our umbrealla fund is being established in Ireland and will be a Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Fund. Each Subfund within the umbrella fund is assessed through cultural and commercial lenses to create opportunities that align indigenous insight with global capital and enterprise.
Core Value
At the heart of what we do and guiding all our actions and reactions is our one value – Mana-Aki – Lifting people and place. Mana-Aki draws on mana (prestige, authority, spiritual power) and manaakitanga (hospitality, generosity, care for others). Together they express a deliberate commitment to enhance the mana of every person, organisation, and ecosystem we engage with. We do not simply "do no harm" — we actively seek to leave people and places in a stronger, more empowered position than we found them.
Mana-Aki requires us to listen deeply, act with integrity, share knowledge generously, honour commitments, and measure our success not only by financial returns, but by the wellbeing and mana of our partners, whānau, communities, and te taiao (the natural environment).
Our Mana-Aki value is reflected in our Code of Ethics.
Mā Tātou Kō The Kō is a traditional tool Māori used for cultivating the land. Our tohu sits at the head of the Mā Tātou Kō.
Carbon
Aotearoa New Zealand has seen nearly 70% of its native forests destroyed over the last 1000 years. Each project plans to plant and maintain between 10,000 and 15,000 hectares of native forest. We work through a collaborative partnership model that brings together landowners, ecologists, Māori cultural advisors, specialist nurseries, and best-in-class pest management and planting partners — combining modern technology with cultural integrity at every stage. Our long term vision is to enable a range of nature-based and engineered carbon removal credits (biochar, carbonated materials, blue carbon) as part of an overall community-led restoration strategy. Our first project in Te Waipounamu (South Island) is currently at advanced mobilisation stage.
Aotearoa New Zealand has seen nearly 70% of its native forests destroyed over the last 1000 years. Each project plans to plant and maintain between 10,000 and 15,000 hectares of native forest. We work through a collaborative partnership model that brings together landowners, ecologists, Māori cultural advisors, specialist nurseries, and best-in-class pest management and planting partners — combining modern technology with cultural integrity at every stage. Our long term vision is to enable a range of nature-based and engineered carbon removal credits (biochar, carbonated materials, blue carbon) as part of an overall community-led restoration strategy. Our first project in Te Waipounamu (South Island) is currently at advanced mobilisation stage.
Aotearoa New Zealand has seen nearly 70% of its native forests destroyed over the last 1000 years. Each project plans to plant and maintain between 10,000 and 15,000 hectares of native forest. We work through a collaborative partnership model that brings together landowners, ecologists, Māori cultural advisors, specialist nurseries, and best-in-class pest management and planting partners — combining modern technology with cultural integrity at every stage. Our long term vision is to enable a range of nature-based and engineered carbon removal credits (biochar, carbonated materials, blue carbon) as part of an overall community-led restoration strategy. Our first project in Te Waipounamu (South Island) is currently at advanced mobilisation stage.
Insurance
Mā Tātou is building a pathway from traditional insurance buying to Indigenous-led insurance ownership.
Current insurance models mean Indigenous people have limited control over the relationship or the outcome of their insurance arrangements. They do not profit from no claim periods in terms of returns to their communities. Mā Tātou is helping create an insurance future where value stays closer to home and works harder for Indigenous people.
Current insurance models mean Indigenous people have limited control over the relationship or the outcome of their insurance arrangements. They do not profit from no claim periods in terms of returns to their communities. Mā Tātou is helping create an insurance future where value stays closer to home and works harder for Indigenous people.
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