The grievances of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne included the Crown's acquisition of vast areas of land and its failure to ensure that adequate reserves were protected in their ownership; and the Crown's failure to provide ample reserves near Lake Wairarapa as it had agreed under the tuku rangatira of the lakes; and the Crown's failure to protect the iwi from virtual landlessness and from the erosion of their tribal structures, the social deprivation that resulted from that, and the loss of te reo Māori. Both Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne have gone on to negotiate, conclude, and ratify their respective settlement agreements with the Crown. Joint redress was agreed between the Crown, Ngāti Kahungunu, and Rangitāne as part of their respective negotiations.