Firstly, Labour did not campaign on a Māori Health Authority of this type and context; they did campaign on a Māori Health Authority, but under the Simpson review, it did not have veto rights, it was not commissioning, and it was not in the context of a complete removal of all DHBs. The comment that nothing has been done for Māori health for 180 years, those that say that a Māori Health Authority is needed because Māori Health has failed—how dare you disrespect the work of those Māori doctors who along with others took Māori from a life expectancy of 30 years in 1840 to the 73.4 years today. Māui Pōmare, Peter Buck, Tūtere Wī Repa, Edward Ellison, Richard Grace, Louis Potaka, Golan Maaka, Henry Bennett, Nītama Paewai, and Tom Kawe—we stand on the shoulders of these 10 Māori doctors, the first Māori doctors, and many others who have followed. Do not disrespect their work by saying nothing has been done for Māori. Shame on you for demeaning their memory. The better question to ask is not why Māori health hasn't improved over the past 180 years but why there is a difference today in health outcomes for Māori and non-Māori. This is the problem we must solve. 