Maranga Mai!
is properly funded and gives full effect to Te Tiriti
and enables tino rangatiratanga; that the principle
of equity applies within all health legislation,
policy and action plans; and there is stronger
monitoring and data reporting for Māori health.
The Commission made a comprehensive
submission to the Pae Ora Bill and stands behind its
recommendations. The Act can be read on the New
Zealand Parliament website www.parliament.nz.
Chapter 6: Manatika | Impact of colonisation
and racism in criminal justice: Traces the
historical over-policing of tangata whenua and
contemporary institutional racism in the police
and criminal justice system since colonisation.
Racist profiling and the high disproportionate
incarceration of Māori in the justice system today
is proof of the racism that exists in the system.
Secondary recommendations include a
comprehensive review of the justice system
to abolish prisons by 2040, reviewing criminal
legislation to align with Te Tiriti and te ao Māori
values and tikanga, establishing a Mana Ōrite
justice partnership to share governance and
decision-making at all levels of the justice sector
and embedding kaupapa Māori approaches
across the court system. Institutional racism must be
challenged through law changes, diverse recruitment,
effective training and anti-racist programmes.
Chapter 7: Tino rangatiratanga | Racism, Māori,
and human rights statutory bodies and the
media: Addresses some of the concerns raised
by tangata whenua regarding Māori statutory
bodies, the Race Relations Act, the role of the
Commission, the historical role of media in racism
against Māori and the current housing crisis.
Secondary recommendations include strengthening
the Human Rights Act 1993 to better protect Māori
and Indigenous rights and give full effect to Te Tiriti.
Amendments to the Act are needed to reflect a
co-governance arrangement for the Human Rights
Commission, and to include definitions of racism,
institutional racism, and white supremacy. A primary
function for the Commission to protect Indigenous
and human rights of tangata whenua under Te Tiriti
o Waitangi and the UNDRIP could also be added.
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Chapter 8: Mana motuhake | Constitutional
transformation: Details the constitutional steps
Aotearoa needs to take, based on the vision
first laid out in Te Tiriti and articulated in Matike
Mai Aotearoa and He Puapua, to redress the
racist oppression of tangata whenua. This
argues for Māori governance of things Māori
(rangatiratanga), Crown governance of its own affairs
(kāwanatanga), and a joint sphere to deliberate
upon matters of mutual concern (the relational
sphere) where both parties can work together.
The secondary recommendations aim to support
the achievement of constitutional transformation.
These include embedding Te Tiriti into central
and local government systems and processes to
eliminate racism in Aotearoa, a review of the Treaty
Settlements policy which continues to inflict injustice
on tangata whenua Māori, and the reform of central
and local government legislation and policies to
return dispossessed land to iwi, hapū and whānau
and improve access and use of Māori whenua.