Table of Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................................3 Introduction .................................................................................................................7 Background ..................................................................................................................8 Te Ao Māori - the Māori world view ............................................................................10 The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ...........................11 The Declaration and Te Tiriti .............................................................................................. 11 The Declaration rights most relevant to Ihumātao .............................................................. 12 The Right to Land .................................................................................................................................... 12 The Right to Culture................................................................................................................................ 13 The Right to Protection .......................................................................................................................... 13 The Right to Participation ....................................................................................................................... 14 The Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent ..................................................................................... 14 The Principle of Good Faith .................................................................................................................... 15 The Right to Redress ............................................................................................................................... 16 Fair, Independent, Impartial, Open and Transparent Processes ........................................................... 17 International Principles of Business and Human Rights ......................................................................... 17 Application of a human rights approach to Ihumātao ..................................................19 Scrutiny by the international human rights system ......................................................20 Conclusions ................................................................................................................22 References..................................................................................................................25 2