Deputy Chair
John McEnteer is from the Marutuahu iwi of Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera and Ngaati Whanaunga. John’s formal tertiary education qualifications comprise a Bachelor of Social Science from Waikato University in 1974 and a Master of Social Science Hons from the same university in 1976. His working experience has involved project planning and corporate management positions with public and private sector organisations such as the Commission for the Environment, Ministry of Energy, and Coal Corporation. John is a former Chief Executive of the Hauraki Māori Trust Board. He is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (IoD) and resides in Thames.
John is of Ngati Maru descent through Te Ngako to Naunau. His whanau is Watana. He has been retained by the Hauraki Maori Trust Board as the project manager of the Treaty of Waitangi claims. He does so under contract and has carried out the role of Claims Manager of the Wai 100 claim and the others lodged by the Board since 1992. John’s formal tertiary education qualifications comprise a Bachelor of Social Science from Waikato University in 1974 and a Master of Social Science Hons from the same university in 1976. Since then his working experience has involved project planning and corporate management positions with public and private sector organisations such as the Commission for the Environment, Ministry of Energy, and Coal Corporation. Through his consultancy business he has provided a bicultural service to a number of clients in the area of treaty claims, environmental resource management and Maori business development. He holds a warrant from the Governor General as a Commissioner on the Representation Commission whose job it is to set the boundaries of electoral districts for representation in Parliament. He is currently a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (IoD).
