Never straying ever from wanting a better Aotearoa where Māori and Pākehā aspirations could be achieved through cultural understanding, and he fought for those values right through to the very end. It was an honour to attend his tangi in Rotorua on Friday with Labour MPs and Ministers, and part of that was because he held us to account as the Crown. He challenged us to uphold our obligations under te Tiriti and he fought for education by Māori and for Māori that was steeped in Te Ao Māori.