The veteran Māori activist and author Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka - also known as Dun Mihaka - has died aged 81.
Mihaka spent his life campaigning for Māori rights including Reo Māori advocacy and the Bastion Point occupation.
In 1979, Mihaka challenged the legal status of te reo Māori, after the District Court refused to let him speak Māori in court.
Former chair of Te Rarawa Runanga and iwi Leader, Haami Piripi, was good friends with Dun Mihaka.
Piripi spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
