Chapter 3 - Report of the Research and Policy Development Group indigenous rights and issues; treaty settlement negotiations and settlement redress; natural resources, Maori claims and settlement options; current regime and integration of Maori land law with the New Zealand land transfer system; engagement between the state and the Maori; post-settlement governance entities and Maori business structures; and New Zealand’s international obligation and the Treaty of Waitangi. The subsequent discussion covered: (i) The boundaries of native land as interpreted by Indigenous Peoples; (ii) The concept of indigenous ownership of land (i.e. no land title needed and the assumption that they are owners of land inherited from ancestors); (iii) Indigenous resettlement and relocation resulting from government and private projects; and (iv) The role of government agencies and private entities in relation to the Commission’s recommendations pursuant to the National Inquiry. (c) SEANF Project on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples SEANF, at its Technical Working Group (TWG) Meeting held in Bangkok from 23-24 February, agreed that members should develop a paper to introduce ‘Good Practices in Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ in their respective countries. It was further agreed at a TWG Meeting in Jakarta on 20 August that the format of the paper prepared by the Commission be adopted, and that the first draft of the report be submitted on 31 August. The objective of the project is to enable the sharing of good practices among SEANF members and the public as a whole. For the first draft of the report, the Commission conducted secondary research to gather input based on the agreed format. The executive summary of the first draft report was presented by the Chairman, Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, at the Annual SEANF meeting held in Chiangmai from 12-14 September. It was agreed that all the members should submit the second draft on 20 December 2012 and the final draft by March 2013. (d) RTD on the ‘Good Practices to Promote and Protect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ in Malaysia The Commission organised the RTD on 5 November, inviting government agencies, NGOs and representatives of Indigenous Peoples to attend. The participants were from the JAKOA, Ministry of Education (MOE), MOH, Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, Department of Museum, Bar Council, Sabah Rubber Industry Board (SRIB), Jaringan Orang Asli Se-Malaysia (JOAS), UNDP in Malaysia, UN Children’s Fund and the Native Court of Sabah. The objectives were to get feedback on the Commission’s draft paper on ‘Good Practices to Promote and Protect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ in Malaysia’; and to solicit input on other good practices for the final report to SEANF. 101