In 1997 the Waitangi Tribunal found that before the Treaty, Māori customs with respect into the land used, and no legitimate sales could have been concluded.[51] Critics, like Dr Vincent O'Malley and history professor Michael Ballard, argue that the Tribunal ignored a considerable quantity of documentary evidence that ran counter to its findings

The speaker need to use the chance to briefly show respect to the position they stand (ie. The situation), to the houses (the standard carved Conference house and dining room are named soon after ancestors and so are greeted accordingly), to greet the home people, and to explain wherever his/her group have originate from (put is crucial to Maori).M