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1
Human Rights Act 1993, section 5(2)(h).
2
Aratohu tika tangata ki te whai whare rawaka i Aotearoa: Framework Guidelines on the right to a decent home
in Aotearoa (August 2021) https://www.hrc.co.nz/files/7416/2784/4778/Framework_Guidelines_on_the_
Right_to_a_Decent_Home_in_Aotearoa_FINAL.pdf.
3
Framework Guidelines, paragraphs 67-70.
4
Paragraph 68.
5
Te Tauākī Kaupapa Here a te Kāwanatanga mō te Whakawhanake Whare, Tāone anō hoki: Government Policy
Statement on Housing and Urban Development (September 2021) https://www.hud.govt.nz/assets/UrbanDevelopment/Government-policy-statement-GPS/FINAL-GPS-HUD.pdf and MAIHI Ka Ora: The National
Māori Housing Strategy 2021-2051 (September 2021) https://www.hud.govt.nz/assets/Maori-housing/
MAIHI-Ka-Ora.pdf.
6
See page 10 of the Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development.
7
Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development, at page 3.
8
It was written in partnership with Te Puni Kōkiri, with the support of the National Iwi Chairs Forum,
some hapū and iwi, and Te Matapihi he tirohanga mō te Iwi Trust, and developed through Maihi Whare
Wānanga.
9
Jade Kake, ‘New Māori housing strategy is a game changer’ (5 October 2021) https://www.stuff.co.nz/
business/opinion-analysis/126587382/new-mori-housing-strategy-is-a-game-changer.
10
Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development, at page 43.
11
Page 45.
12
Page 45.
13
Page 45.
14
Page 39.
15
Page 39.
16
MAIHI Ka Ora, at page 9.
17
Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development, at page 9.
18
Waitangi Tribunal, WAI 2750 – Housing Policy and Services Inquiry, https://waitangitribunal.govt.nz/
inquiries/kaupapa-inquiries/housing-policy-and-services-inquiry/.
19
Lawson v Housing New Zealand [1997] 2 NZLR 474 (HC).
20
Reimagining Administrative Justice: Human Rights in Small Places (Margaret Doyle and Nick O’Brien,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
21
Godfrey v Harvey [2019] NZHRRT 6.
22
Tenancy Tribunal at Tokoroa [2021] NZTT Tokoroa 4308489.
23
Human Rights Council 47th session, Visit to New Zealand: Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate
housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and on the right to non-discrimination
in this context, Leilani Farha (April 2021) https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/47/43/Add.1, paragraph 80.
24
Report of the Special Rapporteur, paragraph 50.
25
The full title of this office-holder is Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to
an adequate standard of living and on the right to non-discrimination in this context. The current Special
Rapporteur is Mr Balakrishnan Rajagopal; the previous Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha conducted a
country visit to New Zealand in February 2020 and her report is referenced above.
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