Deputy Mayor of Rotorua, Trevor is the city's longest serving District Councillor with more than 32 years to his credit. Tourism New Zealand appointed as Trevor Kaupapa Director in 2008, and he is currently Chairman of the Opera in the Pa�¢ organising committee, Deputy Chairman of Toi Maori (New Zealand Maori Arts Board), and a member of the Rotorua Civic Arts Trust, Lakeside Concert Charitable Trust and the Rotorua Tourism Board. Former leader of award-winning cultural group, Ngati Rangiwewehi, he was also the Te Arawa representative on the Aotearoa Performing Arts Committee.