the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,14 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights15 and Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples16 have recommended that the Government continue constitutional discussions including the role of Te Tiriti, in partnership with Māori. Systemic issues 14. In 2018 the Ministry of Justice commenced its work programme Hāpaitia te Oranga Tangata: Safe and Effective Justice to consider ways to improve systemic shortcomings in the criminal justice system. The Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group Uepū Hāpai i te Oranga produced two reports following over a year of leading a public discussion and engaging with communities around the country about the improvements needed to the justice system.17 Their final report found that the current system is failing on several fronts and called for urgent and fundamental change to the justice system. Its recommendations included a commitment to transform the system, a whole of government approach and vision, and a ‘by Māori for Māori’ approach, including the establishing a power sharing governance model. 15. Ināia Tonu Nei is a Māori movement formed in response to a lack of Māori voice in the 2018 Safe and Effective Justice Summit. The group was supported by the Government to convene a hui (meeting) among Māori with criminal justice experience. This produced the Ināia Tonu Nei report in 2019,18 which called for urgent change to the justice system and recommended that Aotearoa New Zealand’s justice system be decolonised and remodelled in partnership between Māori and the Crown.19 16. The Ministry of Justice website reports that the Hāpaitia Legacy continues to be reflected in initiatives such as: Police Iwi Community Panels, Te Ao Mārama District Court model, the Department of Corrections' Māori strategic plan and Joint Venture on Family and Sexual Violence.20 While these are very positive individual initiatives, overall progress on the urgent and fundamental change called for by the Hāpaitia review is less clear. 17. The Committee may wish to make further inquiries with the Government as to its progress in implementing the systemic changes recommended as a result of the Hāpaitia i te Oranga Tangata Safe and Effective Justice Review and by Ināia Tonu Nei. 18. Ara Poutama | Department of Corrections (Corrections) has adopted Hōkai Rangi 2019 – 2024, its core strategic plan to deliver better outcomes and reduce the overall proportion of Māori in 14 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first and twentysecond periodic reports of New Zealand, UN Doc. CERD/C/NZL/CO/21-22 (22 September 2017) at [13(a)]. 15 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of New Zealand UN Doc. E/C.12/NZL/CO/4 (2018) at para [9(a)]. 16 Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) Country Engagement Mission (8 – 13 April 2019) – New Zealand (14 July 2019) at [17] available at https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Session12/EMRIPAdvisroyNoteNZ2019. docx. 17 Uepū Hāpai i te Oranga He Waka Roimata – First report (2019) available at https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/he-wakaroimata.pdf. Uepū Hāpai i te Oranga Tūruki! Tūruki! Move Together: Second report of Te Uepū Hāpai i Te Ora Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group (December 2019) available at https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/turuki-turuki.pdf. 18 Ministry of Justice, Ināia Tonu Nei: Hui Māori Report (July 2019) available at https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/d8s653-Inaia-Tonu-Nei-Hui-Maori-English-version.pdf. 19 Ināia Tonu Nei, Hui Māori Report (July 2019) available at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60d12cb5a665b46504ad8b32/t/60fe31b1735d6f7990bf3f5a/1627271661386/ d8s653-Inaia-Tonu-Nei-Hui-Maori-English-version.pdf. 20 Ministry of Justice, The Hāpaitia legacy https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/key-initiatives/key-initiativesarchive/hapaitia-te-oranga-tangata/the-hapaitia-legacy/ 7