Eden Park Trust Act

The Trust Board was established pursuant to a trust deed executed in 1926. The deed provided that the then trustees were to hold Eden Park in trust primarily for the benefit of Auckland Cricket and Auckland Rugby. In 1955 a private Act of Parliament was passed namely the Eden Park Trust Act 1955 which enshrined the future of Eden Park into the law of the land. In 2007 following an agreement being reached with the Government of the day over the injection of public funds into Eden Park to provide for a 60,000 seat capacity Stadium for Rugby World Cup 2011, amendments to the Eden Park Trust Act was passed by Parliament in 2009.

Today, the Trust Board is a statutory not for profit body corporate which is registered with the Charities Commission and whose primary duty is to hold Eden Park upon trust so that it may be managed for trust purposes as set out in the Trust Act and the Amendment Act 2009. With the changes that will take place on the 21 September 2009 following the passing of the Amendment Act, a new Trust Board of nine will be constituted with the Minister of Sport responsible for the appointment of five of its members, two will be appointed from the previous Trust Board and one each from Auckland Cricket and Auckland Rugby. Following their three year appointments the two previous Trust Board members will retire to be succeeded by an additional appointment from Auckland Cricket and Auckland Rugby.

The objects of the Trust Board will be to promote, operate and develop Eden Park as a high quality multi- purpose stadium for the use and benefit of rugby and cricket as well as other sporting codes and other recreational, musical and cultural events for the benefit of the public of the region. Further the Trust Board shall administer Eden Park and the Trust Assets on a prudent commercial basis so that Eden Park is a successful financially autonomous community asset. In promoting, operating and developing Eden Park, the trustees in undertaking their respective duties as prescribed by the Act will need to give due regard to the needs and contributions by and the historical interests of the Auckland Cricket Association ,the Auckland Rugby Union and the contributions made by the Crown for the redevelopment of the Stadium.

The Ministers appointments to the Trust Board are John Waller (Chairman), Hugh Burrett, Michelle Boag, Morris Pita and Derek Dallow. The two appointees from the previous Trust Board are Warwick Nicoll and Rob Fisher while Auckland Cricket's appointment is Rex Smith and Auckland Rugby is Greg Muir.

Redevelopment of Eden Park for RWC 2011

With the signing of the Heads of Agreement in 2007 between the Trust Board and the Crown for the redevelopment of the stadium, a separate body aptly named the Redevelopment Board was established and their brief was to arrange for the funding and to manage the overall development of Eden Park for RWC 2011. Following the issuing of the practical completion certificate for the improvements to the Stadium, the Redevelopment Board will have completed their responsibilities and they will wind up their activities.

The members of the Redevelopment Board include the three appointees by the Minister being John Waller (Chairman), Neville Harris and Brian Nightingale. The previous Trust Boards appointment is Rob Fisher.