Following the deed of settlement signing, the Waitangi Tribunal heard an urgent claim regarding the mandate of Mana Ahuriri Incorporated. The tribunal recommended that full elections for all post settlement governance entity trustees be held prior to the legislation being passed. Following an agreement with the Mana Ahuriri Trust to hold trustee elections, this bill was introduced on 20 December 2019 and full elections were completed early this year. In addition to these challenges, since introduction the settlement legislation has also been delayed by the COVID-19 outbreak. Most recently, this third reading was scheduled for August this year, but was then delayed due to the country moving to alert level 4 lockdown in response to community transmission of the Delta variant of COVID-19.