environmental rights; o improving compliance by the Executive and Parliament with the standards in the Act; o giving the Judiciary powers to assess legislation for consistency with the Act; and o entrenching all or part of the Act. 30 The Treaty of Waitangi (1840) is New Zealand’s founding document and has major significance for human rights and harmonious race relations in New Zealand. The four articles of the Treaty reflect fundamental human rights principles.19 The place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements was considered through the Constitutional Review process. The Panel recommended the Government:      31 continue to affirm the importance of the Treaty as a foundational document; ensure a Treaty education strategy is developed that includes the current role and status of the Treaty and the Treaty settlement process so people can inform themselves about the rights and obligations under the Treaty; support the continued development of the role and status of the Treaty under the current arrangements as has occurred over the past decades; set up a process to develop a range of options for the future role of Treaty, including options within existing constitutional arrangements and arrangements in which the Treaty is the foundation; and invite and support the people of Aotearoa New Zealand to continue the conversation about the place of the Treaty in our constitution. New Zealand’s sixth report to the Committee notes – in relation to the Constitutional Review - that “[g]overnment has not yet formally responded as the response was released at the beginning of an election year.”20 It has now been over 16 months since the election. In its twenty first to twenty-second periodic reports under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination the Government stated that “[t]he Government welcomed the Panel’s report, reflecting the views of over 5,000 New Zealanders and organisations. It will prove a valuable resource for New Zealanders now and in the future.”21 19 Article 1 reflects the right to self-determination for incoming settlers, democratic rights such as citizenship rights and legal rights protected by the rule of law. Article 2 reflects the right to self-determination for tangata whenua, indigenous rights and property rights. Article 3 reflects the rights to equality and non-discrimination in the realisation of civil, political, economic and social rights. Article 4 reflects the right to freedom of religion and beliefs. 20 Sixth Periodic report of States parties due in 2015, New Zealand (8 May 2015) at 35 : http://daccess-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/165/37/PDF/G1516537.pdf?OpenElement 21 New Zealand’s twenty first to twenty-second periodic reports under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Submitted December 2015) at [45]. Page 14 of 93 Human Rights Commission submission to the Human Rights Committee in relation to New Zealand’s 6th periodic review under the ICCPR