This organisation is not licensed or prudentially supervised by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand or associated with Graeme Wheeler, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. It is not a registered bank, nor does it have any official status as the ‘Central Reserve Bank of the Te Taou Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Maori’ as it describes itself. No such type of entity is recognised either under New Zealand law, or as having any official function. Use of the name ‘1808 Te Awaroa Native Reserve Bank’ to carry on any activity in New Zealand is not permitted by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and is in breach of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989.