Our questions arise primarily from the proximity of this bill to the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua settlement and the need for some reassurance that the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal in relation to that settlement are being followed and not in any way ignored to the benefit of the Crown. There is intra-hapū disagreement on most, if not all, settlement bills. Sometimes corrections are made through the select committee process, but mostly we just have to acknowledge those who oppose the deeply imperfect process enforced by the Crown while we stand by and congratulate the majority for their hard-fought-for settlement. 