Tāngata whaikaha Māori, their whānau, hapū and iwi must be brought to the table and represented when making decisions on disability policy. Institutions and policies must focus on the voices of tāngata whaikaha Māori, as active members of, and supported by their whānau, hapū and iwi. The current system needs to shift from being crisis-driven to focusing on collective and wellbeing. This will require longer-term support for tāngata whaikaha Māori, whānau and communities accessing services. Government must understand why tāngata whaikaha Māori have reduced access to participation, and work to break these barriers down. Services and supports need to be flexible and Te Ao Māori appropriate in the way that they are funded and implemented, to meet the diverse needs of tāngata whaikaha Māori who suffer from intersecting forms of disadvantage. Allocate appropriate resourcing including capacity building of whānau, hapū, iwi and communities and Kaupapa Māori approaches Tāngata whaikaha Māori must be resourced and supported to develop and implement their own responses to violence and abuse, situated within the context of colonisation and intergenerational trauma. Transferring resources and decision-making powers from Government to Māori is vital to addressing the issues tāngata whaikaha Māori face. Government agencies should provide tāngata whaikaha Māori, whānau, hapū and iwi and communities with more responsibility for the allocation and monitoring of resources. Solutions must involve a great level of consultation with Māori, and an empowerment of tino rangatiratanga so tāngata whaikaha Māori have autonomy to decide what systems, services, and supports work best for them. To meet the aspirations of tāngata whaikaha Māori and their whānau and communities, increasing knowledge and data collection is required. The absence of data on violence against tāngata whaikaha Māori affects Government’s ability to fund, plan, and design services that meet the needs of tāngata whaikaha Māori and their whānau and 22 Human Rights Commission communities. Without appropriate data being collected, policy and funding will continue to be distributed without proper understanding of the issues tāngata whaikaha Māori face. Monitoring mechanisms must be improved to strengthen knowledge of data about violence and abuse on tāngata whaikaha Māori. Accountability mechanisms to evaluate the effectiveness of any changes must also be established. Government should support/increase funding of Kaupapa Māori and whānau centred approaches. These are based on the idea of focusing on the wider whānau structure, supporting and strengthening whānau to collectively improve well-being. Whānau centred initiatives recognise the collective strength and capability of whānau to achieve better outcomes for their people. There must be an increase in culturally responsive Kaupapa Māori services and supports, in place of mainstream services that are incompatible with a Te Ao Māori worldview. To establish a power-sharing constitutional structure that recognises the rangatiratanga of tāngata whaikaha Māori, government must allocate time, resources, and capacity building for tāngata whaikaha Māori, and capability building for the Crown. There has been an attempt with the Whānau Ora initiative to establish Māori specific and whānau centred approaches to health and social service delivery. Iwi and other Māori organisations are also innovating and adopting tribal and Mātauranga Māori informed ways of delivering health care.101 There is opportunity for government to increase resources and support for these initiatives. Increasing funding for Kaupapa Māori services will promote Te Ao Māori appropriate services for tāngata whaikaha Māori, whānau and communities to engage with, increasing their ability to proudly participate in Te Ao Māori. To sufficiently support Kaupapa Māori services, Crown agencies must understand what these services are, and invest in building up a strong workforce within them.