of prisons in the criminal justice system and argued that they should never be the only answer, particularly for indigenous people. He noted that indigenous people traditionally have justice systems that seek to restore "the balance between the wrongdoer and the victim through mediation processes involving sanction and recompense". At a conference in 2018, Jackson said the New Zealand criminal justice system isolates both the perpetrator and the victim from their communities and history. He challenged the notion of one law for all and the Eurocentric approach to crime with the offender viewed as separate from the culture and society they grow up in. Jackson highlighted the importance of showing positive portrayals of Māori in the media, as the negative portrayal of Māori may damage their self-worth. Awards In 2017 Jackson was awarded an honorary doctorate from Victoria University of Wellington for his outstanding contribution to legal scholarship around the Treaty and to public debates about how Māori are treated by the justice system and their place in New Zealand society more broadly. He refused any formal honours from the New Zealand government, saying he would not accept them unless the Treaty of Waitangi was fully incorporated into New Zealand governance. In 2021 he was made a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising his leadership in New Zealand. In May 2021, he was presented with the inaugural Te Whare Pukenga award by the National Iwi Chairs forum, to recognise his "outstanding contributions as an advocate, facilitator and educator" in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi, human rights and social justice. Selected publications References External links "The Art of Having Faith in Ourselves", excerpt from Jackson's foreword to Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art (2022) "Covid and the Pandemic of Colonisation", article by Jackson for E-Tangata, 12 December 2021 1945 births 2022 deaths 20th-century New Zealand lawyers 21st-century New Zealand lawyers Companions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Moana Māori activists Māori studies academics New Zealand Māori academics New Zealand Māori lawyers Ngāti Kahungunu people Ngāti Porou people People educated at Hastings Boys' High School Te Wānanga o-Raukawa faculty Treaty of Waitangi Victoria University of Wellington alumni