He Waka Kōtuia
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit
Every three years we conduct a Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit to assess the Auckland Council group’s performance in acting in accordance with statutory references to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and statutory responsibilities to Māori in Tamaki Makaurau. It is how we measure and evaluate progress or change in Māori wellbeing over time. The audit process enables us to provide guidance on what is required of council and council organisations and how to achieve those requirements.
Objective and scope of He Waka Kōtuia - Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit
The objective of this Audit was to assess the Auckland Council's performance in acting in accordance with statutory references to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and statutory responsibilities to Māori.
The scope of this engagement considered the following principles in the assessment:
Rangatiratanga: enhancing leadership and participation and people engaged in their communities;
Whanaungatanga: evaluation of the effectiveness of Council groups Achieving Māori Outcomes (AMO) plans;
Manaakitanga: the application of tikanga Māori, and the principles of Te Tiriti ensuring greater outcomes for iwi, mātāwaka and whānau;
Kaitiakitanga: Auckland Council works alongside Māori to ensure stewardship over taonga is protected. Ensuring sustainable futures: intergenerational wellbeing; and
Wairuatanga: iwi and mātāwaka can maintain a spiritual connection to their unique support systems, including marae.
It also includes the Council's key plans, frameworks, levers and enabling policies, plans, processes and systems that give effect to its Te Tiriti o Waitangi key statutory obligations.