[2] In 2017 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) and Ngā Aho signed an agreement of an 'ongoing relationship of co-operation between the two groups'.
It was called Te Kawenata o Rata and signed by Desna Whaanga-Schollum, Rau Hoskins and kaumatua Haare Williams on behalf of Ngā Aho and Christina van Bohemen and Pip Cheshire on behalf of NZIA.
[3] In 2024 Ngā Aho received the International Prize award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) as 'recognition is a testament to the exceptional talent and hard work that Nga Aho has brought to the International and Canadian architectural communities'.
[4] Sim’oogit Saa-Bax Patrick Stewart of McEwen School of Architecture, Laurentian University said, "Around the Pacific Rim, Nga Aho have remained as leaders in the built environment of Indigenous Peoples.
"[4] People who have chaired Ngā Aho include Rau Hoskins and Desna Whaanga-Schollum.