In reading the bill, it is always a humbling experience. I get quite angry when I have a look through at the history and the way that the Crown negotiated the taking of land—and words like "a heavy-handed approach" come to my mind, even in the way that tensions were sparked, armed conflict broke out in the mid-1800s around the Crown attempting to purchase the Ahuriri block; 14 Māori were killed and 39 wounded in three engagements. 