Ko Hikurangi ō mātou maunga Ko Waiapu, ko Mangaoparo ō mātou awa Ko Horouta ō mātou waka Ko Ngāti Rangi ō mātou hapū · Ko Ngāti Porou ō mātou iwi Ko Tutumatai ō mātou whenua Ko Raana Te Iti Walker rāua ko Mere Roa Milner ō mātou tipuna i heke mai ki tēnei whenua Mō ngā uri whakatipu — for the generations yet to come Ko Hikurangi ō mātou maunga Ko Waiapu, ko Mangaoparo ō mātou awa Ko Horouta ō mātou waka Ko Ngāti Rangi ō mātou hapū · Ko Ngāti Porou ō mātou iwi Ko Tutumatai ō mātou whenua Ko Raana Te Iti Walker rāua ko Mere Roa Milner ō mātou tipuna i heke mai ki tēnei whenua Mō ngā uri whakatipu — for the generations yet to come
Tutumatai Station
Rotokautuku X1C Incorporation
307 Mangaoporo Road, RD 3, Ruatoria
Ngāti Porou · Tairāwhiti · Aotearoa

Ko Tutumatai
tō mātou whenua

Rotokautuku X1C Incorporation — guardians of 1,428 hectares of whenua on the East Coast, farming for generations past and yet to come.

Our Story
1,428 ha
Of ancestral whenua
836 ha
Effective farming area
78
Shareholders & their whānau
106+
Paddocks across the station
1,000+
Cattle
5,000+
Sheep
198 ha
Production forestry
95.8 km
Fencing
Who we are

A sacred thread connecting us to the land

The hill that rises 473 metres behind the homestead has carried the name Tutumatai since it was given by our tipuna Uepōhatu as a sentinel over the lands that came under his mana. Beside it stands Tutukura, its companion sentinel. These are not just farm features. They are named by tipuna.

On this whenua sits the urupā of Umuariki — grandson of Uepōhatu, grandfather of Ngakonui — whose pā occupied this very ground and whose name our urupā carries. We are Ngāti Rangi, and our tipuna rest here.

Tutumatai Station is operated by Rotokautuku X1C Incorporation, governed by elected directors on behalf of 78 shareholders and their whānau. We farm this land. We protect it. And we will return it to those who come after us in better shape than we found it.

Station landscape Cattle on the station Cattle at dusk
Ko te whakapumau i te mana o a tātou whenua hei oranga ai mō tātou
To retain forever the essence of our land, to sustain prosperity for generations.
At the heart of our vision is Tutumatai — a sacred thread connecting us to the land and to ourselves. Mai Ngā Toto! Mai Ngā Whakapapa! Our connection through blood and genealogy is the core of our identity and our responsibility as kaitiaki of this whenua.
Land cover

How the land is used

Mapped and assessed by LandVision Ltd, July 2025.

837.6 ha
Pasture
Productive pastoral land supporting sheep and beef across flat to rolling country
417.7 ha
Bush & Scrub
Indigenous bush and scrub providing biodiversity, erosion control, and kaitiakitanga values
24%
Flat to Undulating
River flats and tephra terraces — the most productive pastoral country on the station
21%
Rolling Downs
Easy to strongly rolling tephra and mudstone country — versatile grazing terrain
55%
Hill Country
Easy to moderately steep argillite hill country — the backbone of the station's grazing system
9.3 km
Waterways Fenced
Permanent waterways fenced to exclude stock and protect water quality
Our values

What guides us

Integrity

Ngākau Tapatahi

Our moral compass — guiding us to make ethical choices that uphold the trust placed in us by our shareholders, our community, and the land itself.

Honesty

Pono

The cornerstone of our relationships. Trust is built and maintained through open, transparent communication with our shareholders and whānau.

Kaitiakitanga

Guardianship

Mō ngā uri whakatipu. We are caretakers of the land for future generations — committed to leaving it in better shape than we found it.