Nick Wells
Member
Nick Wells is an experienced legal practitioner and governance leader with extensive experience across corporate law, investment, and iwi organisations. He chairs Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company, Kaikohe Berryfruit Limited Partnership, and UNICEF Aotearoa, and was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal on a three-year term in July 2026.
Nick spent two decades at Chapman Tripp, he served as chief executive partner until 2021 and established Te Waka Ture, the firm's Māori legal group. His wider experience includes roles with the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation and Māui Toa GP Limited, teaching iwi governance at the University of Auckland Law School, and contribution to Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Treaty settlement team.