A/HRC/18/35/Add.4 prisoners, their whanau, hapu and iwi, and the local Maori community prior to release. Still, given the severity of the situation, it is evident that more remains to be done. 4. Economic Development 64. Maori own significant commercial assets that provide economic benefits for iwi and for all of New Zealand. The Treaty settlement process has been instrumental in helping provide Maori groups with an economic base for their future economic development. Still, there are numerous obstacles to Maori economic development, exacerbated by the recent global economic downturn. In the year to September 2010, the unemployment rate for Maori in 2010 was 14 per cent (compared with 6.6 per cent in New Zealand overall), 2.8 per cent higher than the previous year and 5.1 per cent higher than its level five years ago.49 Also, among 15-24 year olds, 20 per cent of Maori males and 16.1 per cent of Maori females were not employed, in education or in training, compared with 11.1 per cent of all males and 9.6 per cent of females in New Zealand overall in this age group.50 B. Whanau Ora 65. A promising new initiative for reducing the Maori disadvantage is the Whanau Ora programme. Whanau means extended family, and Whanau Ora is designed to use family as the basic unit of intervention to tackle social problems experienced by the Maori in an integrated and holistic way. The programme brings together service providers in the areas of employment, child, youth and family, health, education, and social development, as well as law enforcement and Maori extended families to effectively deliver whanau-centred services. New Zealand has committed NZ$134.3 million over four years to the establishment of the programme. Importantly, Maori will be closely involved in the management of the programme. The Government created the Whanau Integration, Innovation and Engagement Fund, with dedicated resources to administer whanau-centred service delivery, which will be governed by Maori. VI. Conclusions and recommendations 66. Especially in recent years, New Zealand has made significant strides to advance the rights of Maori people and to address concerns raised by the former Special Rapporteur in his 2006 report (E/CN.4/2006/78/Add.3). These include New Zealand’s expression of support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, its steps to repeal and reform the Foreshore and Seabed Act of 2004 and its efforts to carry out a constitutional review process with respect to constitutional issues including Maori representation and the role of the Treaty of Waitangi. 67. Additionally, the Treaty settlement process in New Zealand, despite evident shortcomings, is one of the most important examples in the world of an effort to address historical and ongoing grievances of indigenous peoples, and settlements already achieved have provided significant benefits in several cases. 49 50 New Zealand, Department of Labour, Māori Labour Market Factsheet – September 2010. Available from www.dol.govt.nz/publications/lmr/archive/quick-facts-sep-10/maori.asp. Ibid. 19