Following nine weeks of hearings between March 2004 and March 2005, the Waitangi Tribunal released the Wairarapa ki Tararua report in June 2010 at Te Ore Ore Marae in Masterton. The report covered 28 claims filed by members of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne hapū, and other claimant groups. The inquiry district covered the south-eastern corner of the North Island inland to the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges and northward to southern Hawke's Bay. The claims investigated by the Waitangi Tribunal concerning Wairarapa ki Tararua covered the Crown's purchase of land, including land around Wairarapa Moana, and the compulsory acquisition of Māori land for public works.