E rua ngā tauākī o te ao whānui e kōrerohia ana i

roto i tēnei tuhinga. Ko tētahi he tauira tauākī e

whakaatu ana i ngā paerewa me ngā tikanga matua

hei whaitanga mā ngā whenua o te ao. Ko tētahi he

tiriti here e whakaatu ana i ngā tika me tau kite hunga

tamariki. Kei te noho tauira tonu te mea tuatahi, engari

he mea tautoko e te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa te tiriti

tuarua, ā, kua herea atu ki ōna tikanga. Ko ēnei tauākī

e rua nei, kei te whakatakoto i ngā tika tāngata whenua

me ngā tika tamariki, taiohi hoki ki mua i te aroaro o

te hapori o te ao. E noho here ana ngā whenua ki ngā

tika me tau ki ō rātou iwi taketake. E whakatenatena

ana ēnei tauākī o te ao whānui i te huringa o ngā

āhuatanga e tāmi ana, e aukati ana i ngā tika tāngata

whenua. Mā te whakamahi i ngā tauākī e rua nei i

roto i ō tātou hapori, e tutuki ai ō rāua whāinga.

This article attempts to link two international

documents, one a Draft Declaration on the Rights of

Indigenous Peoples (DDRIP) which is a minimum set

of international standards and norms by which States

should adhere to, the other a Convention on the Rights

of the Child (CRC), a legally binding treaty for

signatory States. The former is still in Draft form as

the name suggests but the latter is a legally binding

Convention which has been ratified by the New

Zealand Government. These two documents bring

indigenous peoples rights and the rights of indigenous

children and youth to the attention of the international

community and will require national States to

recognise that First Nations peoples have rights that

are inherent. These international documents are a step

toward a reversal of the colonial denial and subjugation

of indigenous peoples rights. It is important that all

peoples ensure the documents are given full effect by

their regular use and implementation in our local

communities.