[1][2] On 20 March 1820 Brind arrived in the Bay of Islands as the captain of the whaler Cumberland, which was owned by Samuel Enderby & Sons.
[3] The Cumberland visited Kororareka (nowadays Russell)[4] a number of times, including in August 1821,[5] before sailing for Sydney, Australia in November 1821 with a cargo of whale oil.
[7] From about 1823 until 1826 Captain Brind lived with a daughter of Pōmare I, chief of the Ngāti Manu hapū (subtribe) of the Ngāpuhi.
[8] From 1828 Brind lived with Moewaka, the daughter of Rewa (Manu), a chief of Ngai Tawake hapū of the Ngāpuhi.
[10] It is called the Girls' War because it began with insults and curses being exchanged between young, high-ranking Māori women, rivals for the affection of Captain Brind.