When Te Mātāwaka—the Māori and Pasifika caucus of the Green Party—set out our six Māori priorities, one of them was the establishment of an independent Māori health authority. We wanted to support this, and it is one of the areas where I am most excited in this Budget. I wondered who would have the mana to lead this work, but the appointment of Tā Mason Durie is as much a master stroke as it is inevitable after his decades of world-leading work in this area.