I te wā i whai mana ai te Ture Whakatau Tautohe 1996 i te 1 o Hūrae 1997, i tino whakarerekētia te anga ture o Aotearoa mō ngā whakatau tautohe, arā, ko te Ture Whakatau Tautohe 1908 kua tawhito i runga i te tauira Ingarihi. Ko te āhuatanga matua o te Ture Whakatau Tautohe 1996 ko te whakauru i te Ture Tauira UNCITRAL ki roto i te Ture o Aotearoa e ahu mai ana i ngā mātāpono o te mana motuhake o te rōpū, te whakaiti i te whai wāhi a te hunga whakawā ki te tukanga whakatau tautohe, te whakanui ake i ngā mana mō te taraipiunara whakatau tautohe me te ōrite ki ngā ture o ētahi atu mana whakahaere. Ko ngā mātāpono i tautoko i te Ture i hangaia hei whakarite kia tutuki te whāinga o te whakatau tautohe, arā, kia whiwhi i te whakataunga tika o ngā tautohe e tētahi taraipiunara kore whakaaro, me te kore e whakaroa, e utu rānei, ā, me wātea ngā rōpū ki te whakaae me pēhea te whakataunga o ā rātou tautohe, me te whai i ngā ārai e tika ana mō te painga o te marea.
I te wā i whai mana ai te Ture Whakatikatika Whakatau Tautohe 2007 i te 18 o Oketopa 2007, ko Aotearoa te whenua tuatahi o te ao ki te tango i ngā whakaritenga ture hou katoa a te Komihana o te Kotahitanga o ngā Whenua o te Ao mō te Ture Tauhokohoko o te Ao ( UNCITRAL ) mō ngā mahi wā poto me ngā whakahau tuatahi, me ētahi whakarerekētanga iti noa iho.
Kei roto i te Ture Whakatikatika Whakatau Tautohe 2007 ētahi whakatikatika hangarau ki te Ture Whakatikatika Whakatau Tautohe 1996 hei whakapakari i te whakatau tautohe hei huarahi whakatau tautohe tūmataiti i Aotearoa, hei whakarei ake hoki i te whakamahinga o te whakatau tautohe hei tikanga kua whakaaetia mō te whakatau i ngā tautohe arumoni me ētahi atu tautohe.
Mā te Ture Whakatikatika Whakatau Take 2007 ka whakapai ake i ngā whakaritenga muna o te Ture Whakatau Take 1996, ka whakakorea ngā piira e ngana ana ki te "whakakakahu" i ngā pātai meka hei pātai ture, ā, ka whakarei ake i ngā tika kaihoko me te whakapai ake i te tiaki kaihoko.
