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Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Auckland, New Zealand

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is the Māori hapū (sub-tribe) of central Auckland, managing a NZ$1.4+ billion property and investment portfolio alongside social and cultural programmes for its 8,000 members.

  • What I did

  • Worked closely with the communications and finance team on the Annual Report, Financial Report and Climate Report
  • Worked with numerical data and financial tables, using InDesign Data Merge to update figures accurately
  • Print-ready artwork preparation
  • Design and layout in Adobe InDesign

Annual Report

Goal: design a magazine-style Annual Report that feels distinctly Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

Tasks: build the page grid and place photography within it; select typography and a heading hierarchy; add graphic elements inspired by Māori patterns; prepare the layout for print.

Selected spreads

The finished report runs to 44 pages.

Contents spread: a full-bleed photo of kawakawa leaves with the pepeha on the left and the table of contents on the right
Ngā Uri o Tuperiri spread: membership statistics in large numerals and a map of Aotearoa with regional counts on a teal background
Ngā Hua o te Tau spread: performance snapshot and financial performance tables over a photo of tamariki on the beach
Taumata ā-Mahere spread: performance-against-plan tables with status markers on a teal background with kōwhaiwhai pattern
Housing, Papakāinga and Whenua spread: nursery photo, pull quote and three-column article with a photo of cabbages

Climate Report

Goal: deliver an accurate, consistent and print-ready report for the new reporting year.

Tasks: update all data to 2026; align layouts and styling with the Annual Report; check every page for accuracy and clean formatting.

Climate Report 2024–25 cover: an aerial photo of green farmland with a white tukutuku-style pattern Climate Report opening spread: Auckland skyline across the harbour with the line “Climate change is recognised as one of the most significant challenges of our time.”

Financial Report

Goal: keep the Financial Report accurate and tidy for 2026.

Tasks: update all figures across 37 pages of financial tables; match the styling of the Annual Report; proof every table for accuracy and clean formatting.

Ngā Tauākī Pūtea 2025/26 — Financial Statements cover with a teal cross-stitch pattern Notes to the Financial Statements spread (pages 30–31): tables for assets held for sale, trade payables and employee benefits with accounting-policy boxes
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