[4][5] About 200 Hauhaus, who were driven out of Tokomaru, made their way by the middle of September 1865 to Waerenga-ā-hika, which was the Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission station that had been established by the Rev.
Potae went to Waerenga-ā-hika with 30 to 40 of his warriors on 28 September and 30 October to support the colonial government forces – Forest Rangers and settler volunteers - who were opposing the Hauhau.
HMS Esk was sent to fetch Potae, Ropata, and Mokena and 260 Ngāti Porou warriors from Tokomaru Bay.
They were landed at Poverty Bay on 9 November, and, on the same day, 100 Forest Rangers, under Major Fraser, arrived from Waiapu.
[8] After the Hauhau were defeated, Te Kooti and his supporters were sent to the Chatham Islands, however they escaped and returned to the East Coast.