Ngai Tamahaua Hapu’s Waitangi Tribunal and Marine and Coastal Area claimants have come together to condemn the New Zealand Government’s signalled move to pass the controversial Whakatohea Claims Settlement Bill through the two remaining stages .
Hapu of Te Whakatohea opposed to the New Zealand government's Treaty of Waitangi settlement deal for their Raupatu - invasion and land confiscation - claims and the cutting off of their historic Treaty of Waitangi claims in the Waitangi Tribunal .