E whakaarohia ana he hui Kōti Whenua Māori tēnei i tū ki roto o Tamatekapua, ki Ōhinemutu, i te tau 1890 pea. Kei waenganui i te tēpu e noho ana ko te kaiwhakawā a Fenton, ā kei te taha mauī ko te Kaiwhakawā ā-Rohe i a Kāpene Gilbert Mair. I whai tūranga a Fenton rāua ko Mair ki ngā whakawhitiwhiti kōrero me ngā rangatira o Ngāti Whakaue kia waihangahia he tāone ngāwhā ki Rotorua. Hei whakaatu i tā rātou aroha, ka takohahia e Ngāti Whakaue tā rātou kahurangi kāmehameha ia Pūkaki ki te Karauna. I pōhēhē rātou ka puritia tonu ia rātou te mana whenua ahakoa ngā mahi waihanga i te tāone. Heoi anō ka whakatahāngia rātou e te kāwanatanga. Nō te tau 1993 hainahia ai te whakataunga Tiriti o Waitangi e te kāwanatanga hei utu mō ngā tau e maha.