In June 1853, the chiefs and people of Ngāti Kahungunu signed the Castle Point deed, their first land sale to the Crown. In August, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua met Governor George Grey for komiti nui, a large meeting, to hear of his plans for future land sales. They were led to believe that substantial educational, health, and economic benefits from settlement were the real payment for land sales. The Crown agreed to use some of the profits made from on-selling certain lands to provide a koha fund to be managed in committee with Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua to supplement some of these benefits. Immediately following the komiti nui, the Crown purchased approximately 1.5 million acres—well over half of the traditional rohe of iwi. The Crown did not fulfil its obligations regarding the koha fund, and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua received few of the benefits they had been led to expect.