Acknowledged in Parliament for negotiating a $100 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement for Ngā Iwi me Ngā Hapū o Te Rohe o Te Wairoa.
Formerly chief advisor wānanga at the Tertiary Education Commission, deputy chief executive Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, and chief operating officer Taratahi Institute of Agriculture.
Began work at the Department of Conservation in 1989, moving to the Ministry of Education (Māori Education Group) in 1991.
Affiliated to Ngāti Rākaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rongomaiwahine.