In 2013, when Labour was firmly in Opposition, Helen was already imagining a different future. This is what she said to the 2013 Labour Party conference: "We need a new vision—not a cut it, drill it, pollute it, close it, and impoverish it vision, not one where most Kiwis are seen as the problem, with a small rich group seen as the solution; one that recognises the best of human nature and that our individual happiness is dependent on each other's rights and needs as much as our own. It is the only sustainable model for long-term wellbeing, and it is the point that differentiates the labour movement." This is also my vision, and I will endeavour to continue Helen's work.