The Green Party says it will honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi, uphold Māori rights, and support Māori development. It also says its governance policy will create fair and inclusive governance that honours Te Tiriti, and several other policies — including energy, marine, and immigration — are described as being based on Te Tiriti. The text names this as a dedicated policy area but does not give detailed actions in the scraped content provided.
“How we honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi, uphold Māori rights, and support Māori development.”
“Our policy creates accessible, fair and inclusive governance that honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi.”
“Our policy supports Tiriti-based ocean governance that protects and regenerates marine ecosystems and supports a healthy, well-managed blue economy.”
Summarised neutrally from Green’s own official policy (as at 2026-07-16) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Treaty & Māori Affairs →
This is the Green Party’s foundational Tiriti policy rather than a costed programme: it sets the constitutional position every other Green policy is required to align with. It affirms the te reo Māori texts of He Whakaputanga 1835 and Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840 as the country’s founding documents, seeks a fully resourced Waitangi Tribunal with binding authority, supports the return of whenua and restitution for breaches, and upholds UNDRIP.
The Green Party’s Māori Manifesto covers around thirty policy areas. This covers its two Māori-specific chapters, which are where it names legislation: amending the Treaty of Waitangi Act so Te Tiriti is the authoritative text, giving the Waitangi Tribunal binding power to order land returned, removing “full and final” from Treaty settlements, amending the Public Works Act to protect Māori land, and a Marae Resilience Fund.
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