• • • • Effective methods for ensuring accountability in the Kāwana sphere are needed. Further work is needed on the mechanism that may best operate in the relational sphere between Kāwanatanga and Rangatiratanga, including mutual accountability and its benefits to parties. The more autonomy and responsibility of a department or authority, the higher and more stringent the accountability expectations are likely to be in the public and parliamentary sectors. However, performance in the public sector increases with autonomy.2 The rights of a decent home may best be advanced for Māori through an independent Māori housing kāhui. The following are recommendations from this research: • Advice is needed from Māori housing leaders, partners, and communities. • The relationship between the Crown and • Tangata Whenua, which is based on mutual responsibility and accountability, should be a priority to achieve the right to a decent home for Māori. A new independent structure for housing for Māori that would respond to Te Tiriti is recommended. The barriers to addressing changes are: • Kāwana reluctance to share power as indicated • • by the extended opposition to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples contested histories and lack of a wide public understanding of our colonial history lack of trust of Māori capabilities and accountabilities. Public information in the form of documentary films and effective communication on the history of te Tiriti and colonisation is recommended. 7