I tōna hokinga ki Aotearoa i tohua ia hei tumuaki o te Rōpū Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me te Tumuaki o te Kaupapa.
Ko te tikanga, ko tētahi putanga matatini ake o te rerenga kōrero, "I tōna hokinga mai ki Aotearoa, ka tohua ia hei tumuaki o te Rōpū o te Moananui a Kiwa, hei tumuaki o te kawa, e pupuri ana i aua tūranga tae noa ki tōna whakatūnga hei kaikawe ki te hui 34 o te Komiti Pūnaha Motuhake o te United Nations i te tau 1979".