Oct 23, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Radio New Zealand's Waatea News reports that the legal challenge by the Maori Council and the Federation of Maori Authorities to the Te Arawa settlement, involving a large part of the Kaingaroa forest, has come to an end. Federation spokesperson Paul Morgan says the case has been overtaken by events, with Nga Pumautanga o te Arawa putting aside its deal and joining other iwi in a region-wide forestry settlement. He says that left a Court of Appeal judgment on the books which could have limited the rights of all Maori under the Treaty of Waitangi. However, an order has been obtained on a number of aspects, which rules out the decision.