20 The operational template How do you go about it – well how long is a piece of string?  A law reform body has to be  flexible,  innovative,  creative  and  sensible.    Generally,  however,  there  is  a  template which will be influential: a) What is the law in the area? b) What are the problems or deficiencies that exist? c) What could be done to meet those problems? d) What is recommended and why? The  variations  on  the  theme  are  extraordinary,  but  I  suggest  those  bases  must  all  be covered.  It is an intellectual process, rooted in integrity, free of bias or prejudice and rigorously committed to improvement.  Access to the law is the ultimate goal and all our activities and processes should be influenced accordingly. A final word.   There is a difficult issue about whether a body like a law commission should   become   involved   in   reviewing   or   reporting   on   fundamental   constitutional change.    New Zealand’s founding constitutional document is the Treaty of Waitangi which was signed in 1840 between the indigenous Maori and the British Crown.  What rights and responsibilities it created is hotly debated.  The European settlers did not much heed it or honour its commitments in any appreciable way for many decades.  When I was at law  school  we  were  taught  that  the  Treaty  of  Waitangi  had  no  legal  force  as  it  was  a document which had never been incorporated into domestic law.