More than 200 people gathered at a Greytown marae as Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa celebrated the first person from their iwi to be knighted.
Sir Kim Workman was knighted in the New Year Honours, and Friday was a chance for his community to pay tribute to the tireless justice campaigner.
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui filed this report from Papawai Marae.