Iho — the umbilical cord. The connection between your whanau and everything that came before.
A warm, simple and secure digital home for your whanau trust. Everything in one place. Easy to use for all ages.
What Iho gives your trust
A completely private portal that only your trustees and whanau can access
Intelligent research tools that turn years of work into hours
A built-in grants finder to discover funding available to your trust
Easy to use for kaumatua and rangatahi alike. No tech experience needed.
If your trust is managing land records on paper, making decisions by email, or losing important history when an elder passes — you are not alone. Every whanau trust in Aotearoa faces the same challenges. Iho was built to solve them, simply and affordably.
5,400 trusts across Aotearoa. Most still running on paper, phone calls and hope. Iho was built because we lived these problems from inside our own trust.
Iho gives your whanau trust a private, secure digital home. Every section is designed to be simple and easy to use — for trustees, elders and younger whanau alike.
Built inside every Iho portal are intelligent tools that do the hard research work for you. These tools were built specifically for the complexity of whanau trust governance — and tested on our own ITTS Trust first.
These tools are already live on the ITTS Whanau Trust. Research that had stalled for decades was completed in days. This is not a promise — it is a proven result.
"I am a trustee who lived this problem from the inside. I built the solution for our own whanau trust first. Now I want every trust in Aotearoa to have it."
Donna Smith, Founder of Iho
Ngai Te Rangi — Smith and Tukaki Whanau
Incoming Trustee, ITTS Whanau Trust | Ngai Te Rangi Tribal Register
For years I watched our whanau trust struggle. No records anyone could easily find. No way to keep our whanau informed. Important decisions made without everyone knowing. History held in one kaumatua's memory.
So I built a digital whare for our own ITTS Whanau Trust first. The results were immediate. Research that previous trustees had spent years trying to complete was done in days.
Iho is that solution made available to every whanau trust in Aotearoa. Built by a trustee, for trustees.
Every Iho portal starts with a one-off setup investment, then a simple monthly subscription. No lock-in. No hidden costs. No surprises.
Entry
Starter Whare
$97/month
One-off setup $2,500 NZD
Growth
Whare Ora
$197/month
One-off setup $2,500 NZD
Pro
Whare Rangatira
$397/month
One-off setup $2,500 NZD
Additional services available: Grant writing from $500 | Trustee training from $297 per person | On-site setup from $1,500 per day
This is a real working demonstration of the Iho platform. The same portal is live on our own ITTS Whanau Trust today. Enter the password below to explore.
Explore Te Whanau Mahoe Trust
Enter the password to access the live demonstration portal
Password available on request — contact donna@iho.co.nz
Whakapapa — Te Whanau Mahoe
Tupuna
Matua
Current generation
Land Holdings
| Block name | Area | Shares | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahoe Block A | 45.6 ha | 2,340 | Active |
| Waipuna Reserve | 12.3 ha | 890 | Under review |
| Te Awa Section | 8.7 ha | 456 | Active |
Document Vault
Governance Records
Korero — Whanau Updates
Grants Finder
Ready to build your trust's digital whare? Have questions? We would love to hear from you — whether you are a trustee, a beneficiary or just curious.
Donna Smith — Founder
donna@iho.co.nz
iho.co.nz
Aotearoa New Zealand
We respond to all enquiries within one working day.