Ahuriri Hapū have suffered severe and lasting prejudice as a result of the Crown's breaches. The interests of Ahuriri Hapū were not protected by the Crown when it purchased land or by the native land laws when they provided for a small number of individuals to dispossess hapū and members of their lands. Not only have the hapū been left virtually landless, but environmental change and urban development in the rohe of Ahuriri Hapū, including Te Whanganui-a-Orotu, have been sources of great distress for the hapū. The socioeconomic consequences of the Crown's breaches have been dire.