Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama
Themes arising from Tangata
Whenua engagement
The themes from our engagement with Tangata Whenua are arranged into five pou.xxi The
pou structure has corresponding pillars for Tangata Tiriti engagement. This represents an
approach based on Te Tiriti o Waitangi (te Tiriti) which Te Kāhui Tika Tangata, the Human
Rights Commission (the Commission) has applied to this kaupapa.
Together the pou and the pillars aim to create a racism-free Aoteaora New Zealand, which
is critical to our shared future. The Tangata Whenua pou are:
The voices and views of Tangata Whenua, in response to the questions asked by the
Commission, are outlined in further detail in the body of this report. The content under each
pou is either directly quoted or paraphrased from what Tangata Whenua told us.
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata
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