Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero I tōna hokinga ki Rātana, ka haere tonu ia ki tana mahi mātauranga, hei Kaiwhakaako Kaupapa Pūnaha i te Whare Wānanga Tuwhera mai i te tau 1975 ki te tau 1994.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga ko "I te hokinga ki Scotland ka haere tonu ia i tana mahi mātauranga, te whakaako mo te Whare Wānanga Tuwhera, te whakatu i te Wahanga mo te Akoranga o te Kawanatanga i Scotland i te Whare Wānanga o Edinburgh, a ka riro hei Kaiwhakahaere o te Whare Wānanga o Aberdeen. "