Nō te tau 1983 i whakatūria ai Te Wānanga Whakamaumahara i a Tā Apirana Ngata e Ahorangi Tamati Reedy mō Ngāti Porou me Aotearoa whānui. I tēnei tau ki Te Kāreti o Ngata i Ruatōria ka whakahuihui anō ngā uri a Porourangi ki te wetewete i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ki te kōrero mō te utu a Ngāti Porou ki Aotearoa me te tiro whakamua ki ngā tau rua tekau mā rima. Nā Te Puni Kōkiri tēnei huihuinga nui a Ngāti Porou i tautoko hei whakanui i te iwi me te whakarite i tētahi mahere rautaki e whai oranga ai a Ngāti Porou.