Matua Ike is currently on leave from duties as a Trustee due to illness. Ike Hunter is the kaumatua for Opaea and Moawhango Marae representing the iwi of Ngāti Tamakōpiri and Ngāti Whitikaupeka. Matua Ike has also been kaumatua Tumu Mōkai for the Mōkai Pātea Waitangi Claims Trust. He retired in 2011 after a career spanning 52 years with the Defence Force, Work and Income and the Māori Trustee in which he held various middle and senior management positions.