Rātā Foundation
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Investment Officer
Oversaw the $650 million portfolio behind New Zealand’s second-largest community trust.
Guarding the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Protect the capital, so grants to community groups keep growing for the next generation.
Vote Murray for TECTExperience with purpose. A future for the Bay.
I’ve protected a fund like this before.
Ten years as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Rātā Foundation, New Zealand’s second-largest community trust.
- 10 years
- Leading finance and investment at Rātā Foundation
- $650m
- Rātā Foundation’s investment portfolio
- $600m+
- Granted to communities by Rātā Foundation
Runs on the board.
Community trust investment. Infrastructure and private capital.
Acorn Foundation, Tauranga
Investment Committee
Over $100 million invested; over $30 million gifted.
Morrison Public Infrastructure Partners
Advisory Committee
Funds behind more than $3 billion of schools, healthcare facilities and roads.
Why I’m standing for TECT
For the place I call home.
Rooted in the Bay. Invested in its future.
My connection to the Bay goes back to childhood holidays. We bought our home on Tay Street in 2020, and Mount Maunganui is now home for good.
I am fluent in philanthropy and community impact, not just investment — a decade alongside the groups who apply for grants.
TECT has grown from $40 million to over $1 billion. That only continues if the capital is protected first.
Murray Lapworth
2026 TECT trustee election
The next generation is worth protecting.
Vote Murray Lapworth for TECT.
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