6Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi)

1. In order to provide for the Crown’s intention to give effect to the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi), this Act—

2. requires the Minister, the Ministry, and all health entities to be guided by the health sector principles, which, among other things, are aimed at improving the health sector for Māori and improving hauora Māori outcomes; and
4. requires the Minister to establish a permanent committee, the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee, to advise the Minister; and
5. requires the Minister to have regard to any advice of the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee when determining a health strategy; and
7. provides for iwi-Māori partnership boards to enable Māori to have a meaningful role in the planning and design of local services; and
8. requires the Government Policy Statement to contain priorities for hauora Māori; and
12. includes, as criteria for appointment to the board of Health New Zealand, that the board collectively has knowledge of, and experience and expertise in relation to, te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) and tikanga Māori; and
13. requires the board of Health New Zealand to maintain systems and processes to ensure that Health New Zealand has the capacity and capability to understand te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi), kaupapa Māori services, cultural safety and responsiveness of services, mātauranga Māori, and Māori perspectives of services; and
14. requires Health New Zealand—
    1. to have systems in place for the purpose of engaging with Māori and enabling responses from that engagement to inform the performance of its functions; and
    2. to support and engage with iwi-Māori partnership boards; and
15. requires Health New Zealand to report back to Māori on how the engagement under section 16A has informed the performance of its functions.