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Maranga Mai!
2.
Māori, as tangata whenua, and as selfdetermining peoples, have Tiriti o Waitangi-based
constitutional and human rights that must be
recognised and respected.
3.
Reconciliation is a process of healing relationships
that requires public truth sharing, apology and
commemoration that acknowledge and redress
past harm.
4.
Reconciliation requires constructive action on
addressing the ongoing legacies of colonialism
that have had destructive impacts on Māori
peoples’ education, cultures and language,
health, child welfare, the administration of justice,
and economic opportunities and prosperity.
5.
Reconciliation must create a more equitable
and inclusive society by closing the gaps in
social, health, and economic outcomes that exist
between Māori and non-Māori.
A Tiriti-based constitution
These principles of reconciliation would underpin
a Tiriti-based constitution and co-governance.
Matike Mai Aotearoa offered six possible
constitutional configurations in this manner,
which give effect to the relationship between
rangatiratanga and kāwanatanga as laid out in
Te Tiriti (Independent Working Group on Constitutional
Transformation, 2018, pp. 104–111). The possible
models set out the separate ‘spheres of influence’
of the Crown and Māori in everyday life, with each
having the power to determine how affairs are
respectively governed and managed in their own
domains. The majority of models detail a third
‘relational sphere’, as a site of joint and shared
governance between Māori and the Crown “over
issues of mutual concern” (Charters et al, 2019, p. 11).
This tricameral arrangement is presented below:
6. All tangata tiriti, including Pākehā, Pacific
Peoples, and other immigrants, share
responsibility for establishing and maintaining
mutually beneficial relationships.
7.
The perspectives and understandings of kuia
and kaumātua, as bridges between the past
and present, are vital to long-term reconciliation.
8. Supporting the revitalisation and maintenance
of Māori culture, including tikanga, te reo and
mātauranga Māori, is essential to reconciliation.
9.
Reconciliation requires political will, partnership,
trust-building, accountability, transparency, as
well as the investment of resources.
10. Reconciliation requires sustained public education
and discussion, including youth engagement
about the role of colonisation, racism, and white
supremacy in Aotearoa, and the intergenerational
effects of this for Māori (adapted from Truth
and Reconciliation Commission of Canada,
2015, pp. 3–4).
Given the centrality of the UN Declaration of
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to
this vision, we suggest it be given full effect in law
and formally included as part of the constitutional
framework of Aotearoa.
RANGATIRATANGA SPHERE
RELATIONAL SPHERE
KĀWANATANGA SPHERE