3. Protecting beneficiaries and their families: ensuring that reforms aimed at reducing
welfare dependency do not adversely affect the welfare of beneficiaries and their
families.
4. Christchurch earthquake recovery: developing central and local government
capability to communicate with culturally and linguistically diverse communities in
the Christchurch earthquake recovery, and in the event of future civil emergencies
elsewhere.
5. The constitutional review: public discussion of New Zealand’s constitutional
arrangements including the Treaty of Waitangi.
6. Inclusion: actively focusing on inclusion in all aspects of New Zealand life as a means
to break down discrimination against Asian New Zealanders and other minority
ethnic groups.
7. Refugee resettlement: approving and beginning to implement the refugee
resettlement strategy.
8. Language: implementing the Pacific Languages Framework and determining the
future strategy for te reo Māori.
9. Diversity in the media: improving representation of diverse communities in the
media, recognising the changing demographics of the New Zealand audience.
10. United Nations review of New Zealand: engaging with the United Nations
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in their review of New
Zealand’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
2. New Zealand race relations and international treaties
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination completed its
most recent five-yearly review of New Zealand’s compliance with the UN Convention on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in 2007. The full list of recommendations, and
the Government’s response in the years since, are included later in this section. In
concluding the reporting process, the Committee welcomed the proposed inclusion of
reference to the Treaty of Waitangi in the New Zealand Curriculum and urged the
Government to enact the Immigration Bill quickly in order to allow access to education for
undocumented children. The Bill was passed and provision made in the 2010 Budget to
enable undocumented children to attend school. The Committee asked that the
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