to enhancing the self-determination of Māori; contribute to improving intergenerational Māori wellbeing; and “demonstrate ambitious actions as opposed to business as usual.”124 New Zealand’s Independent Monitoring Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People considers that constitutional reform that provides recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi and human rights is critical to implementing the UNDRIP in New Zealand.125 99. A Declaration Working Group (DWG) has been established to advise the Ministry on the plan and an engagement and consultation process. The Commission understands that the DWG’s November 2019 report to the Ministry is under consideration. Education, leisure and culture: Recommendations The Commission recommends that the Committee seek the following information from the New Zealand government: (a) In light of the Education and Training Bill, details of any further measures to explicitly incorporate the right to inclusive education into education legislation and policy. (b) Measures taken to implement clause 9 of the Education and Training Bill as regards the duties of schools and the Crown to implement the Treaty of Waitangi in the school system, including data regarding the delivery and frequency of te reo Māori and tikangi Māori education in New Zealand schools. (c) Measures to develop a new or refreshed Pacific Education Plan to follow the Pacific Education Plan 2013-17. (d) Information regarding the implementation of the independent school appeal process, including any measures taken to ensure that the process conforms with the requirements of the Convention and other domestic and international human rights instruments. (e) Information regarding the development of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples action plan, including specific information regarding the involvement of tamariki and rangatahi Māori (children and young people) in the development of the plan. (f) Any new measures taken to reduce bullying in schools since ERO’s 2019 report Bullying Prevention and Response in New Zealand Schools, including specific measures to reduce bullying of disabled students and of SOGIESC students. I. Special protection measures Children with parents in prison 100. The 23,000 New Zealand children with a parent in prison are among New Zealand’s most disadvantaged.126 A recent independent review of the criminal justice system found that, “The 124 https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/whakamahia/un-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples Report of the Independent Monitoring Mechanism on implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2019, paragraph 12. The IMM has called on the government to start a constitutional conversation through the implementation of the recommendations of the 2016 report of Matike Mai: the independent working group on constitutional transformation. http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/MatikeMaiAotearoaReport.pdf 126 https://www.pillars.org.nz/ 125 24