The point here is that through volunteer advocacy in the work of lawyers who are taking a public interest case, we relied on our court systems to create principles that local government could rely on to fairly evaluate the value of Māori land for rating systems. Back then, it was groundbreaking that Mr Palmer took the view that Māori land should not have the same value for rating as general land due to the restrictions of sale. That's an important point here. The reason why Māori land has different rating systems as determined in our courts is that there are restrictions on who the land can be sold to and how it can be governed. If you are the owner of Māori land, you may be one of thousands, and you can only sell your interest, however small it may be, as a first resort to someone who shares whakapapa with you to that land, to its original owners.