[3] She travelled to New Zealand on 7 November 1830, to settle at his whale hunting station at Te Awaiti on Arapaoa Island in the Tory Channel.

[4][5] In later life, John Guard Jr recalled confrontations between his father and Te Rauparaha, but that they ended up becoming good friends.

After two weeks, however, they were attacked by local Māori of the Taranaki and Ngāti Ruanui iwi, who had been supplied with gunpowder by two deserting sailors and who may have been seeking revenge for past grievances.

[4] This case became a cause célèbre in the contemporary press, with the Sydney Herald reporting in lurid detail that Betty was taken naked away into captivity, did not see her son for two months and witnessed the cannibalism of dead crew members.

[1][4] On 31 August 1834, the HMS Alligator and the Isabella sailed from Sydney on a rescue mission with three officers and 65 soldiers, and joined by Jacky Guard and his men.

[5] While the rescue of John Guard Jr was successful, the mission was criticised in the British House of Commons and by humanitarian organisations for using excessive force.

She had her second son with Jacky Guard in November 1835, and in early 1836 the family returned to Kākāpō Bay and resettled in New Zealand.

[7] The tortoiseshell comb that saved Guard's life in the attack is in the collections at Te Papa, New Zealand's national museum.