Tuhoromatakakā was himself son of Tama-te-kapua, the captain of the Arawa, and had settled with his father at Moehau Range, in the Coromandel Peninsula.
Some young men in Ngāti Huarere who wanted Tukutuku for themselves seized Manaia while he was engaged in a long-distance diving contest, castrated him, murdered him, and buried his body in the seabed.
The surviving Ngāti Huarere resettled in the territory of Te Arawa, including the area of Horohoro and Tihi o Tonga.
This war resulted in the Moehau Range being abandoned by Ngāti Huarere, who emigrated to the north to unite with the Te Kapotai iwi (inhabiting the Hokianga and Bay of Island district).
[6] Ngati Rauakatauri (a Ngāti Huarere hapū) continued to occupy parts of the Coromandel Peninsula.