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These guidelines represent the collective efforts of the partners of Te Tapuae o Rehua to clarify what exactly a Treaty relationship means for tertiary institutions. All partners agree that we need to produce more Maori graduates within the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering and commerce. We need more Maori teachers. But we also need to improve participation, achievement and retention and this requires a committed relationship between the tertiary institutions and their Treaty partner. Ngai Tahu has recognised that establishing a tribal University would be limiting and the tertiary institutions recognise that they must work with Ngai Tahu to ensure a functional working relationship that is based on the Treaty of Waitangi. It is also in theory, financially rational.