Rukumoana Schaafhausen

Rukumoana Schaafhausen is of Ngāti Haua descent and is based in Auckland.

She was recently the Chair of Waikato-Tainui and is currently serving across a number of Iwi, community, private and public organisations in governance roles including Water Governance Board, AgResearch, Miro Berries, Tindall Foundation, and The Princes Trust.

Previously, she was a director at Genesis Energy and has received the Sir Peter Blake Award and the US embassy Wahine Toa Award for Leadership.

Rukumoana is a commercial and property lawyer and holds a Bachelor’s in Law.