RINO TIRIKATENE: —down to Ngaruroro and over to the Kāweka Ranges. So that's a beautiful part of Aotearoa. Unfortunately, yes there were historic purchases that took place, but, mainly through the works of one Donald McLean—we can reflect on what that particular member of this esteemed House achieved during his time in the 1860s in particular—Ahuriri were, effectively, forced off their lands through the 10-person rule of putting communal land tenure into these foreign structures, which were designed to ensure that lands were lost and divested and handed over to the settlers and the Crown.