Biography

Hilton Collier grew up on his ancestral lands near Ruatoria in heartland Ngati Porou.  It was a community that thrived as tikanga – traditional Maori values – meant people looked after each other and the lands on which their lives depended.

After completing a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Hilton has spent his career working as a Farm Management Consultant. He has gravitated increasingly towards working within the Maori agribusiness sector, including a number of substantial Maori farms in the Northern Hawkes Bay/Tairawhiti.

Hilton is involved in several leading  marketing businesses including First Light Wagyu and Merino NZ.  He holds several company directorships, chairs the Eastern Institute of Technology and has initiated several regionally focused environmental/community development projects in the Northern Hawkes Bay/Tairawhiti.