COMMITTED TO ENSURING OUR HEALTH SYSTEM MEETS IT’S TREATY OBLIGATIONS

WHAI TĪKANGA TIRITI

As a Māori-led organisation we are committed to Te Tiriti O Waitangi and its principles:

• The guarantee of tino rangatiratanga, which provides for Māori self-determination and mana motuhake over their taonga, including their people and tikanga;
• The principle of equity, which requires the Crown to commit to achieving equitable health outcomes for Māori;
• The principle of active protection, which requires the Crown to act, to the fullest extent practicable, to achieve equitable health outcomes for Māori;
• The principle of options, assuring Māori of the right to choose their own social and cultural path in accordance with tikanga Māori;
• The principle of partnership, which requires the Crown and Māori to work in partnership in the governance, design, delivery and monitoring of services.

We will continue to take a leadership role and challenge policy makers to better align the New Zealand health system with its Treaty of Waitangi obligations.

We believe a more radical health system change is required, one that is grounded in the Treaty partnership guaranteed to Māori. 

Advocating for social change and keeping the pressure on for an equitable, Treaty compliant,  health system has led us to take a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal. Our claim is centred around the gulf between the kaupapa of hauora, mana whānau, whānau ora and what the health system currently provides for Māori.