prosecution | Case number: 201038

Power To Me

Thomas Alexander Kokouri Tuira (also known as Alex Tuira) and Aroha Awhinanui Tuira have pleaded guilty to charges relating to their role in a Ponzi scheme involving almost $4 million and more than 55 investors.

Case Timeline

• Aug 2025

  Aroha Awhinanui Tuira enters guilty pleas to two representative charges of obtaining by deception in the Christchurch High Court.

• Aug 2025

  Thomas Alexander Kokouri Tuira (also known as Alex Tuira) enters guilty pleas to two representative charges of obtaining by deception, ahead of his trial commencing.

• Aug 2025

  A trial date has been set for 4 August 2025 at the Christchurch High Court.

• May 2023

  SFO announces it has filed charges against Thomas Alexander Kokouri Tuira (also known as Alex Tuira) and Aroha Awhinanui Tuira.
  

• Nov 2021

  SFO announces it has executed search warrants in relation to an investigation concerning Thomas Alexander Tuira, Aroha Awhinanui Tuira and their companies Ngākau Aroha Investments Limited and Power to Me Aotearoa Tapui Limited.