I te Oketopa 2007, i mua noa iho i te karangatanga o tētahi pōtitanga ā-motu, ka whakaaro anō te Pirimia o taua wā, a John Howard, ki te kawe mai i tētahi whakataunga pōti hei kimi i te whakaaetanga o ngā iwi taketake o Ahitereiria i roto i te Ture (i whai wāhi kē tana kāwanatanga ki te whakauru i te whakaaetanga o ngā iwi taketake ki roto i te Whakataunga o te Ture i te whakataunga pōti ā-iwi o Ahitereiria i te tau 1999
Ko te tikanga o te ture. I kitea e ētahi he whakaaetanga ohorere o te hiranga o ngā āhuatanga tohu o te tukanga whakakotahitanga, ā, he rerekē ngā urupare. I tautoko te Pāti Kaimahi o Ahitereiria i te whakaaro; Heoi i tangohia e Kevin Rudd tenei tautoko i mua noa o te kowhiringa, i whiwhi i te riri mai i te kaiawhina a Noel Pearson.