Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama Pillar 1: Supporting tino rangatiratanga Ethnic Tangata Tiriti participants recognise that the racism they experience and the barriers they encounter are inextricably linked to Aotearoa New Zealand being a colonised country, and that the tino rangatiratanga of Tangata Whenua has been suppressed. The need for constitutional transformation was expressed by many Tangata Tiriti participants, both from ethnic Tangata Tiriti who experience racism and from Pākehā, who, as a group, benefit from existing structures. Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Te Tiriti o Waitangi (te Tiriti) anticipated migration to the country, although Tangata Whenua were and are excluded from the immigration process. This can be seen as an example of the suppression of tino rangatiratanga. For this reason, Tangata Tiriti comments about immigration are included in this pillar. 56