United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 42. Affirmed by New Zealand in 2010, the Declaration complements New Zealand’s constitutional obligations under Te Tiriti. It reinforces the Crown’s obligations to work in partnership, actively protect rangatiratanga, and advance Māori equity. 43. The Declaration reflects existing international human rights standards, including the right to a decent home, and outlines how they apply in the specific circumstances of indigenous peoples. It reaffirms indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands, territories and resources, and to their culture, identity and way of life. 44. At the core of the Declaration is the rights of indigenous peoples to self-determination, to make their own decisions and control their own destiny, as well as to participate in government decision-making that affects them. The right of self-determination is also found in international human rights treaties ratified by New Zealand, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (article 1(1)). 45. Appendix 2 provides links to some of the provisions of the Declaration which are especially significant in the context of the human right to a decent home. Conclusion 46. The systematic dispossession of Māori land, ongoing impacts of colonisation, Te Tiriti and the Declaration inform these Guidelines. The Guidelines are also informed by the values that are integral to Te Ao Māori. One of the key features of a right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti, these values are outlined at the beginning of the next section. 22 Human Rights Commission Guideline 9: The right to a decent home grounded on Te Tiriti requires acknowledging and addressing the impacts of colonisation, systematic dispossession of Māori from their land, and destruction of their traditional ways of living, including communal land ownership. Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples have a critically important role to play in advancing the right to a decent home in Aotearoa.