Appendix 1: Consultations and methods Consultations and methods Partnership approach to the Framework Guidelines The Commission worked in partnership with Pou Tangata and Pou Tikanga from the National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) to lead the development and drafting of these Guidelines. The development/ drafting partnership involved the Commission acting as the lead partner, making the decisions and taking up the majority of drafting and consultation work, with Pou Tangata providing extremely valuable contributions in the form of advice, review and feedback on the Guidelines as they were drafted. The Commission has endeavoured to act in accordance with honourable Kāwanatanga ensuring responsiveness to Tino Rangatiratanga. The Commission is in the early stages of partnership with the NICF and learning how to partner, and share power and decision making. We also acknowledge that even as a small independent Crown entity there is an imbalance of resources with more resources available to the Crown versus those available to the National Iwi Chairs Forum as a collective body representing the Tino Rangatiratanga partner at the national level. The Commission also relied upon its close working relationship with Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) and many others in the preparation of the draft Guidelines. CHA took the primary partner role and worked closely with Te Matapihi as the tangata whenua representative body in its own partnership structures, and took primary responsibility for engagement with its own stakeholders. Pre-drafting consultation Prior to the drafting of the Guidelines, preliminary consultations were held with a wide range of stakeholders from June 2020 to the end of August 2020. During this period, the Commission and CHA convened a number of hui to seek feedback on a discussion paper. CHA led a series of 19 engagement meetings between July and August to gather feedback on the development of the Guidelines. These meetings used Zoom due to uncertainty around COVID-19. Some of these meetings were framed as introductory sessions. ‘The link between the right to a decent home and community’, and ‘Moving toward the right to a decent home’. These meetings featured consistent engagement with the community housing sector including developers, with additional representation from the Māori housing sector, disability support sector, tenancy advocates, human rights experts, and civil society leadership. Key community housing networks were engaged, and the sector more broadly was notified consistently through CHA’s newsletter. Information and invitations were also shared consistently via Twitter [@shiftaotearoa] and via LinkedIn through a predominantly housingrelated network. Meeting participants received report-back on the meetings they engaged in. Thematic reports Appendices 41