Kāre i tua atu i te whakawhanake i te taha ohaoha o te hapori o Wharekauri Rēkohu me Aotearoa whānui. Koia te take i mahitahi ai te iwi Moriori, a Ngāti Mutunga me te kamupene Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd ki te hanga wheketere patu ika hou ki te moutere.
Hei tā Dion Tuuta (Ngāti Mutunga), “Ko te mahi hī ika te tino mahi o tēnei wāhi no reira he kaupapa nunui mo ōku whanaunga.”
Hei tā Rino Tirikatene, "Ko au te mema pāremata mo te Tai Tonga te rohe pōti tino rahi o te motu, kei konei ahau ki te tautoko i te hau kainga, te iwi o Wharekauri me Rēkohu, me tēnei wheketere hōu.”
Otira, hei ta te māngai mō te iwi Moriori, he tīmatanga noa iho tēnei, akuanei ka whānui kē atu te torotoro o ngā moemoeā.
