Te Koeke Tiriti.

Kaha ana te tautoko a TEU, Te Hautū Kahurangi i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, hei tūāpapa o te whanaungatanga ki waenganui i te Iwi Māori me te karauna. Ka pērā anō te tūtohu ki te hihira o te pānga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi i roto i te Ture Mātauranga, me ngā kupu hakataki i puta i tēnei. Ko te mutunga, ka mahara tātou ki ngā kawenga me ngā mahi ka puta i te tāruatanga o ēnei motu i te Hakaaturanga ki te ao katoa ki ngā tika o ngā Iwi Taketake. Ka riro mā ngā whāinga e aru muri nei e ārahi i ō tātou whanaungatanga me ā tātou mahi, hei hakarite i ngā tūmanako kia mahi tahi ai tātou.

The TEU Te Hautū Kahurangi actively acknowledges Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the foundation for the relationship between Māori and the crown. As such, the union acknowledges He Wakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand 1835, as the precursor to Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840. We also acknowledge the significance of specific reference to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Education Act and the emergent discourse resulting from this. Finally we acknowledge the responsibilities and actions that result from our nation’s signing of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The following objects guide our Tiriti relationships and behaviours, setting our vision of how we aspire to work together.

He kaha tātou i runga i te kotahitanga; e ū ana tātou ki ngā mahi katoa kia kaua e mahue tētahi ki muri; ka waihanga i ngā wāhi e taea te uru te katoa, kia pono te hakawaha take mō ngā tāngata katoa, ā, me te hakatupu i te whanaungatanga pai ki waenganui i te tangata.

We are strong and unified; we are committed to actions which will leave no-one behind; we create spaces where all people can fully participate, are fairly represented, and that foster good relationships between people.

He matatū nei tātou i ngā piki me ngā heke i ngā wā katoa; ka mahi tūturu tonu tātou kia kaua he kino e pā ki te taiao; ka tokona ai te ahikā – te whanaungatanga o te iwi me te whenua, me te tautoko i te tūrangawaewae – kia whai wāhi ai, kia whai tika ai te katoa, ki tōna ake tūrangawaewae.

We endure through good times and bad; we work to minimise our impact on the environment; we foster ahikā - the interrelationship of people and the land, including supporting tūrangawaewae a place where each has the right to stand and belong.

Ka mahia e tātou ngā mea kia pai ake te oranga o te hunga pōhara; ka hoatu, ā, ka whiwhi tātou, ka hakaaetia he tūturu te mahi tauututu kia hakatupu whanaungatanga kaha, ā, taurite hoki; ā, ka mahi kia hakanui i ngā āhuatanga e taea te puta he mātauranga matua kounga, e wātea ana mō te katoa.

We take actions that seek to improve the lives of the most vulnerable; we give and receive, acknowledging that reciprocity is fundamental to strong and equitable relationships; and we work to advance approaches that ensure quality public tertiary education for all.

Ka taea e tātou ō tātou hiahia mā roto i te kaha o tō tātou kotahitanga me tō tātou whāinga, he mea tautoko mā roto i ngā kaupapa me ngā waihangatanga o te hakaae manaporitanga.

We reach our goals through our collective strength and shared sense of purpose, which are supported through participatory democratic decision-making processes and structures.