Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama Maranga Mai! combines evidence-based literature and research with the first-person testimony of the Tangata Whenua Caucus of the National Anti-Racism Taskforce (20212022) and voices of Māori over generations. The report analyses and describes the dynamics and impact of colonisation, white supremacy, and racism on Tangata Whenua and Māori communities. The report is intended to inform Te Kāhui Tika Tangata, the Human Rights Commission, the Ministry of Justice and the New Zealand Government on these matters from a Tangata Whenua and Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti) perspective and to ensure that the work to address and eliminate racism in this country continues to be prioritised. Many Governments have made efforts to reduce racism in Aotearoa, however, Maranga Mai! reveals that much more needs to be done. The report has two parts: Te Ūpoko Tuatahi | Part One: opens with the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt acknowledging the Government’s commitment to agreeing a National Action Plan Against Racism (the Plan). The Commissioner says: Maranga Mai! provides a crucially important perspective on extremely challenging issues which will define Aotearoa for years to come. The report compels us to acknowledge the racism and white supremacy that was woven into the fabric of the British colony as immigrants settled in these islands. Maranga Mai! urges Aotearoa to move toward constitutional transformation enabled by a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation process with Tangata Whenua. It also defines the concepts of colonisation, racism, white supremacy, and white privilege in Aotearoa. Having a shared understanding allows us to appreciate the magnitude of their impact on Tangata Whenua. Te Kāhui Tika Tangata The introduction overviews the Doctrine of Discovery and foundational constitutional documents He Whakaputanga o Nu Tireni | The Declaration of Independence (1835) and Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840). This is followed by a brief overview of the impacts of colonisation. Te Ūpoko Tuarua | Part Two: charts the impact over time upon Māori land, and the intergenerational inequities Māori suffer in criminal justice, education and health. It also examines how the Crown has consistently eroded the tino rangatiratanga of hapū and iwi and the agreement rangatira signed in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Central to this is the dispossession of Māori land, which has triggered destitution and impoverishment for generations of Māori. Part two renews the call to restore selfdetermination for Māori. There is a need for urgent constitutional transformation, primarily based on the vision laid out in Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Reo version) and articulated in the Report of Matike Mai Aotearoa: The Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation (2018), and He Puapua: Report of the Working Group on a Plan to Realise the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous people in Aotearoa/ New Zealand (2019). The recommendations of Maranga Mai! have been informed by the Commission’s own knowledge, the Tangata Whenua Caucus and numerous reports, such as Matike Mai, He Puapua, the STIR Briefing Paper and the many sources cited in the report’s extensive bibliography. There are also secondary recommendations made at the end of each of the eight subject chapters. 88