[2] Their descendants occupied parts of the Hauraki Gulf, including east Auckland as far inland as Ōtara, and Maungarei, as well as Clevedon, Maraetai and Howick.

[5] In 2015 the Crown settled with Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki over historic grievances, including both financial and cultural compensation.

[6] In 2021, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki paid $97 million to the Crown to purchase the land Macleans College sits on in Bucklands Beach.

In 2018, the iwi won a case in the Supreme Court, allowing them to apply to the Department of Conservation for exclusive rights to run commercial operations on Motutapu and Rangitoto islands.

The court decision was based on giving effect to principles within the Treaty of Waitangi and recognition that although the islands are administered by the Department of Conservation, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki has traditional ownership (mana whenua).