Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1998, i tohua a Wilcox hei kaitono ki te wha o nga Kaunihera Kaunihera, i runga i te tiikiti "Tiaki i te Iwi". Ko tana miihana i te Kawenata ko te whakarite kia taea e nga whakarereketanga katoa i hangaia ki te Ture o Ahitereiria ki te
I mau tonu i te Reipa nga here me nga pauna o tenei wa ki te Centralism me te mana o te Kaiwhakahaere me te Whakawa. I tautohe ia, "Kua whai mana taatau Ture, he tika, he he ranei, kua tino raru, he whakatupuranga taiohi... e whakapono ana he ture kino ta tatou, he mea whakamiharo, i te mea koinei te mea pai rawa atu o te ao".