Our developing Tiriti Framework As a National Human Rights Institution and Tiriti-based organisation we aim to ensure that all articles of Te Tiriti are embedded within the day-to-day operations of the Commission. The points below build on the Tiriti framework adopted by the National Iwi Chairs Forum. In short this means: Article 1: kāwanatanga and Partnership Ensuring the Crown works in an authentic and mutually respectful partnership with Tangata Whenua at all levels of the organisation, supports decision-making and includes tikanga and mātauranga. Article 2: Tino rangatiratanga Ensuring the mana and tino rangatiratanga of Tangata Whenua is acknowledged, respected, protected as a form of authority alongside kawanatanga operating in authentic partnership. Article 3: Ōritetanga Ensuring whānau will participate as equals in society without discrimination and disparities will be redressed; this requires active protection of Tangata Whenua interests through all work of the Commission, ensuring unjust and unfair treatment is eliminated and striving for equity At the very least, create no further harm. 12 | Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Article 4: Ritenga Active protection of Māori beliefs and values by ensuring inclusion, recognition, and respect for Te Ao Māori (Māori worldviews) including tikanga, kawa, reo and mātauranga Māori in all advice, analysis, policies, and decisions. The continuous and serious breaches of te Tiriti o Waitangi require that injustices are acknowledged and addressed with attention to processes of truth, justice, and reconciliation, and including the restoration of taonga. We note that other countries have utilised transitional justice processes and consider these approaches could be applied constructively in Aotearoa New Zealand.