Constitutional Transformation
Te Wai Ariki has a particular focus on transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Constitution so that it realises Māori rights and aspirations as expressed in He Whakaputanga, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
We are especially interested in structural change to better realise Māori rights to self-determination.
Our work in this area includes research into constitutions in colonised countries where Indigenous peoples’ aspire to forms of self-determination, rights to the return of lands, territories and resources, cultural rights and equality. Professor Charters has a Royal Society Rutherford Fellowship to devise concrete recommendations for constitutional transformation taking into account learning from elsewhere.
Our people also support constitutional transformation in a myriad of ways be it in their involvement in the larger social movement, working with NGOs, on government-appointed working groups, advocacy at the United Nations or in the Waitangi Tribunal and before New Zealand courts.
On this page you will find the following reports:
Mapping the Movement
The Mapping the Movement wānanga was a space for people working across different projects to meet and share the whakapapa, opportunities, and barriers with their mahi in the movement and seek ways to tautoko and collaborate with each other for constitutional transformation.
IWGIA Report on Aotearoa
