Table of Contents FOREWORD 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 Tāngata whaikaha Māori 3 Intersecting disadvantages amplify the risks of violence and abuse for tāngata whaikaha Māori 3 Tāngata whaikaha Māori are largely invisible in policy, planning and responses 4 Colonisation, racism and discrimination have significant impacts 4 A Te Tiriti based approach is needed 4 Recommendations 5 1. WHO ARE TĀNGATA WHAIKAHA MĀORI? 6 Diverse identities 6 Terminology 7 Prevalence of disability amongst Māori 7 2. TE TIRITI AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS Te Tiriti o Waitangi 9 9 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 10 3. TĀNGATA WHAIKAHA MĀORI RIGHTS HAVE BEEN BREACHED 13 Issues tāngata whaikaha Māori experience 13 The history and impacts of colonisation 14 The intersecting nature of indigeneity and disability 15 The intergenerational impacts of violence against tangata whaikaha 16 4. RECOMMENDATIONS 17 Value Indigenous worldviews ensuring programme design, implementation and evaluation are informed by Tikanga and Te Ao Māori 17 Prioritise tino rangatiratanga, self-determination and autonomous decision-making by tāngata whaikaha Māori as part of whānau, hapū and iwi 18 Move from an individual focus to a focus on whānau, hapū, iwi and communities 19 Ensure solutions reflect the aspirations and elevate the voice of tāngata whaikaha Māori 20 Ensure parallel responses to simultaneously address context and violence against tāngata whaikaha Māori 21 Partner with whānau, hapū, iwi and communities to emphasise primary prevention of violence 21 Allocate appropriate resourcing including capacity building of whānau, hapū, iwi and communities and Kaupapa Māori approaches 22 Realise the promises of Te Tiriti and rights for tāngata whaikaha Māori under UNDRIP and UNCRPD 23 REFERENCES 24 Whakamanahia Te Tiriti, Whakahaumarutia te Tangata - Honour the Treaty, Protect the person 1