Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 2007, i mua noa iho i te karanga o tētahi pōtitanga kāwanatanga, ka whakaaro anō te Pirimia o taua wā, a John Howard, ki te kawe mai i tētahi pōti ki te whai kia whakaaetia ngā iwi taketake o Ahitereiria ki roto i te Ture (kua whai kē tana kāwanatanga kia whakaurua te whakaaetanga o ngā iwi taketake ki roto i te Whakataunga ki te Ture i te Ture o Ahitereiria)
1999 Te pōtitanga o te motu o Ahitereiria). 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.