2) The right to adequate housing must be interpreted in light of its close relationship with
other human rights
3) The State is obliged to take positive action to meet the needs of those living in extreme
conditions of poverty, homelessness or intolerable housing
4) The actions needed to meet this minimum obligation will differ case-by-case, but the
question is whether the measures taken by the State are reasonable
5) For adequate housing, there must be provision of land, services (water, sewage, etc) and a
dwelling. The state must create the conditions for access to adequate housing for people at
all economic levels of society.
Appendix 4: Resources on Colonisation, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and UN Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
[This selection remains work-in-progress.]
The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Illustrated History (Claudia Orange, Bridget
Williams Books 2020)
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing: the issue of the right to housing of
indigenous peoples (UN General Assembly 74th Session, 2019)
Indigenous peoples’ right to adequate housing: A global overview (United Nations Housing Rights
Programme, Report No. 7, 2005)
International human rights perspectives on Ihumātao: A New Zealand Human Rights Commission
Report (2019)
Imagining Decolonisation (Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Rebecca Kiddle, Ocean Ripeka Mercier,
Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton, Amanda Thomas; BWB Texts, Bridget Williams Books 2020)
‘Where to next? Decolonisation and the stories in the land’ (excerpt from Dr Moana Jackson’s essay
in Imagining Decolonisation)
‘To honour the treaty, we must first settle colonisation’ (Moana Jackson 2015): the long road from
colonial devastation to balance, peace and harmony (Margaret Mutu [Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa and
Ngāti Whātua nations] Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand Volume 49, 2019 – HE ĀPITI:
Ngā Ahua o Te Ao Hurihuri – Rethinking our shared futures)
Housing Policy and Services Inquiry (Wai 2750, Waitangi Tribunal Kaupapa Inquiries, ongoing – to
be heard by Panel Members Judge Craig Coxhead, Prue Kapua, and Basil Morrison)
Rebuilding the Kāinga: Lessons from Te Ao Hurihuri (Jade Kake, BWB Texts, Bridget Williams Books,
2019)
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