Dion Tuuta

Dion Tuuta (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Taranaki Tuturu) is te mātārae/chief executive of Te Ohu Kaimoana. He is also a director of Wellington-based lobster export business Port Nicholson Fisheries Limited Partnership and Seafood NZ. He has extensive experience in working with Māori businesses and post-Treaty settlement governance entities and holds a masters degree in history from Massey University. Dion has held a number of diverse roles during his career including Iwi manager, communications manager, policy manager, Treaty claim negotiator, writer, and historian.