Wihone and 78 other Youth MPs signed an open letter to their adult counterparts urging them to also declare a climate emergency.
[10][11] In August 2019, Wihone and 13 other teenagers received a one year ban from parliament grounds by Speaker Trevor Mallard for singing "Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi" and flying the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in the public gallery in support of the protests at Ihumātao.
[12] Wihone was selected in February 2020 to contest Mount Albert in the 2020 New Zealand general election.
[13][14] On 27 August 2021, while under COVID-19 lockdown, Wihone observed the police in Wellington arresting a man and made a video of it.
[16] Wihone supports lowering the voting age and improving civics education in schools.