The Council's argument is that the review of the Act had been Crown-led, which was inappropriate for a Māori body, and that there should have been direct Crown–Maori negotiations from the beginning. The Waitangi Tribunal released the "Whaia te Mana Motuhake / In Pursuit of Mana Motuhake: Report on the Māori Community Development Act Claim" on 8 December 2014 and included a series of recommendations about the management of the wardens which the Council and Te Puni Kokiri are working to implement.