The Māori were: at Tokomaru, Matiaha Pahewa; at Wairoa, Tāmihana Huata; at Turanga, Hare Tawhaa; at Waiapu, Rota Waitoa, Raniera Kawhia and Mohi Turei; at Table Cape, Watene Moeka; at Maketu, Ihaia Te Ahu.
[6] Huata opposed the Pai Mārire movement (commonly known as Hauhau) when its missionaries were active on the East Coast by 1865.
[1] In July 1868, Te Kooti and a band of Hauhau escaped from the Chatham Islands and returned to the East Coast and fighting began all over again.
[7] Huata became a person of influence and he settled a quarrel between the sub-tribes, Ngāti-Puku and Ngāti-Iwikatea, over the boundaries of land known as Te Wharepu Block.
Wiremu Te Tau Huata, was chaplain to the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion, who was awarded the Military Cross for his service in Italy during World War II.