The Ngāti Koata Trust is the mandated iwi authority for Ngāti Koata.

The Trust deals with political and public issues such as Treaty of Waitangi claims, commercial and customary fisheries, local government relationships and resource and environmental management.

The Trust also supports the cultural and social well-being of our iwi such as te reo Māori revitalisation, the archiving of iwi taonga and promoting greater connections of our iwi members to their identity, whānau, taonga and whenua.

Ngāti Koata is based in Te Tau Ihu (Nelson, Marlborough, Tasman) at the northern end of Te Waipounamu.