Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I made the decision to introduce the bills because having taken the iwi 30 years to achieve a signed deed of settlement, during which they sustained many challenges, including litigation, over the last four years, it was time to honour the agreement made. In the process to reach agreement for redress over Treaty breaches, in this case Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua, the Crown must balance a range of interests, which, in this case, included those of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua in achieving a long-awaited settlement, those of Rangitāne who cannot get some settlement redress until legislation is passed, and the burden of litigation that has been carried by Raukawa in defending their Treaty settlement interests and their mana whenua. 