This bill gives effect to the deed of settlement, signed on 29 October 2021, in which the Crown and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua agree to final settlement of the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims. Ngāti Kahungunu has a population of approximately 12,000 people and consists of two of the six taiwhenua, regions, that make up the iwi. The Ngāti Kahungunu area of interest spans from, in this case, Cape Turnagain down to Cape Palliser, and it comes to the wider Wairarapa and Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua regions.