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Maranga Mai!
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Decolonisation and
Anti-Racism Strategy,
Framework and Index
(for central and local
government with
tino rangatiratanga
partners)
3.
The Ministry of Justice, the Indigenous Rights Commissioner, and the
Human Rights Commission, with tino rangatiratanga partners, develop
and implement a new Te Tiriti o Waitangi Decolonisation and Anti-Racism
Strategy and Framework across all central and local government ministries,
departments, offices, and agencies. This includes the government considering
the following actions:
i.
Decolonise central and local government and key sectors, including housing,
education, health, justice, employment, and work and income to realise tino
rangatiratanga for Māori.
ii.
Set policies, goals and priorities to eliminate racism across central and local
government, and across key sectors, thus improving Māori outcomes.
iii. Strengthen legislation and other standards to regulate, reduce and
eliminate racism and white supremacy in all its forms across the government
and society.
iv. Support agencies to establish authentic partnerships with tangata whenua.
4. Develop and embed a Tiriti o Waitangi Anti-Racism Strategy which includes
a Tiriti o Waitangi Decolonisation and Anti-Racism Index as follows:
i.
Include an assessment of the current state of all government agencies’
performance to determine whether each body is fit for purpose to eliminate
racism and uphold Te Tiriti and Indigenous rights.
ii.
Include an assessment of the medium to long-term impacts of current and
proposed government legislation and policies on tangata whenua.
iii. Report on the progress of decolonisation and anti-racism strategy goals
in government agency annual reports.
Māori Education
Authority (for
government with
tino rangatiratanga
partners)
5. Recognising that despite recent decades of new initiatives - inequities and
unequal outcomes for Māori in education persist - the government, with tino
rangatiratanga partners, explores the establishment of a stand-alone Māori
Education Authority. This includes the government considering the following
actions:
i.
A Tiriti-based legislative and policy review of education to identify the
changes needed to strengthen tino rangatiratanga and enable tangata
whenua to regain mana motuhake over the education of tamariki and
Māori education systems.
ii.
Strengthening kaupapa Māori education and supporting traditional
wananga education for Māori.
iii. Transforming the English medium sector to achieve equal outcomes
for Māori learners.
iv. Advising, guiding, and monitoring the Ministry of Education in the
priority development and implementation of a sector-wide Tiriti-based
anti-racism curriculum.