We received and considered 35 submissions from various interest groups and individuals, and we heard oral evidence from eight submitters. The majority of the submitters had a desire to move everybody forward for the benefit of Ngāti Maru—for their people, for the wider community, for the future, ngā tamariki mokopuna kei te heke mai [for the children and grandchildren to come]—and they wanted to acknowledge also those people that had passed on, who were also quite active in initiating and moving the claim forward from the beginning, and the collective mahi and dedication achieved in reaching this settlement, their settlement. They had optimism for their tamariki and for their mokopuna so that they could fulfil their aspirations, and they had a desire to restore, revitalise, and enhance the mauri of Ngāti Maruwharanui. That was the overwhelming feeling of some of the submitters who were absolutely in support and saw no reason for the select committee to stand in their way. 