"Ngati Whatua Orakei and other iwi agree that the Government's approach to overlapping claims is flawed. This is mainly due to the Government proposing to transfer land from the heartland of one iwi to another iwi."
The meeting came after Ngai Te Rangi said other iwi would meet "to defeat this insulting behaviour".
"It's kind of like, driving down the road and picking up a hitchhiker," Mr Stanley said. "Then the next day the hitchhiker says they own your car. It kind of feels like that. And the Government saying, yeah, the hitchhiker now owns half your car."
He said if Hauraki were to receive co-governance and integrated management of the Tauranga Harbour, it could "open doors you can't close".
"Once you have ownership and claim to the area then you're entitled to distribution of monies, the distribution of seats and power within the community.
"We would find it a little more constrained to make decisions, to have representations on boards, to determine economic development of the region, or the environmental management of the region without their approval."
The Pare Hauraki Collective Redress Deed states that it acknowledges and agrees it does not "provide for cultural redress in relation to Tauranga Moana as that is to be confirmed or developed in separate negotiations".
It also does not "prevent the development of cultural redress in relation to Tauranga Moana".
Minister of Treaty Settlements Chris Finlayson could not be contacted for comment yesterday but previously told the Bay of Plenty Times the Deed of Settlement would be the subject of ongoing negotiations between all iwi over the next 12 months.
"There has been ongoing discussions between the Tauranga iwi and the Hauraki iwi about the nature of the extent of Hauraki's historical interests in Tauranga Moana. They took us to the tribunal over it, so there is nothing finalised in so far as the Moana is concerned.
"The nature of the extent of Hauraki representation on any Tauranga Moana body is an issue yet to be determined," he said at the time.
The Hauraki Iwi Collective could not be contacted for comment.
To view the Pare Hauraki Collective Redress Deed, go to:
https://www.govt.nz/dmsdocument/6830.pdf