Today, many Ngāti Rangitihi who choose to remain on their traditional lands lack employment opportunities and exhibit poor health, low levels of education, and poor housing. For generations, the people of Ngāti Rangitihi have sought redress for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi by the Crown that have had significant impacts on them. From the 1860s, they have made petitions, submissions, and claims to seek redress for Treaty breaches. In recent decades, Ngāti Rangitihi have filed more than 20 Treaty of Waitangi claims with the Waitangi Tribunal over various Treaty breaches, some of which have, finally, been addressed in this settlement legislation.