of self-determination is also found in international human rights treaties ratified by New Zealand, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (article 1(1)). 42. Appendix 4 provides links to some of the provisions of the Declaration which are especially significant in the context of the human right to a decent home. Conclusion 43. The systematic dispossession of Māori land, ongoing impacts of colonisation, Te Tiriti and the Declaration inform these Guidelines. The Guidelines are also informed by the values that are integral to Te Ao Maori. One of the key features of a right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti, these values are outlined at the beginning of the next section. Guideline 8: The right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti requires acknowledging and addressing the impacts of colonisation, systematic dispossession of Māori from their land, and destruction of their traditional ways of living, including communal land ownership. Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples have a critically important role to play in advancing the right to a decent home in Aotearoa. Section 3: Key features of the right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti o Waitangi 44. This section outlines eight key features of the right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Most of the key features are interconnected. For example, it is not possible to compartmentalise equity, equality and non-discrimination; participation; and constructive accountability which includes redress. So, it is important that the interconnected key features are read together, and with Te Tiriti and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A. Values 45. All societies, institutions and processes are driven by one set of values or another. Whether explicit or implicit, values are exceedingly important. They shape lives, communities and the future. They also shape human rights. The following values should be woven into all the features of the right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti. 46. Te Ao Māori is underpinned by whakapapa (genealogy) and whanaungatanga (kinship). In this worldview, relationships between people - past, present and 15