Te Rohe o Rongokako Joint Redress Bill gives effect to certain provisions contained in the deeds of settlement signed between Rangitāne o Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua, and the Crown in August 2016, and between Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua and the Crown in October last year. For generations, Wairarapa moana has been a jewel in the lives of the people of Wairarapa. The annual hinurangi, or flooding, historically provided kaimoana, enabling iwi to trade far outside of the Wairarapa rohe. 