Friday, 5 February 2021, 11:58 am
Constitutional transformation is required to enable the
full implementation of Te Tiriti across Aotearoa says the
Human Rights Commission.
The call was made by all four
Commissioners of the Human Rights Commission and the
Director of the Office of Human Rights Proceedings in
commemoration of Waitangi Day.
Rangatira entered into
a partnership with the Crown through the signing of Te
Tiriti o Waitangi on February 6 1840 affirming the
pre-existing rights of tangata whenua to exercise their tino
rangatiratanga and mana motuhake in all decision-making
processes.
The treaty affirmed that tangata whenua had
the inherent authority to exercise, maintain and develop