Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century: Fall of Mau-inaina at Tamaki - November, 1821

It has been said that Hongi-Hika went to England in 1820 for the express purpose of obtaining arms, wherewith to combat his enemies of the Ngati-Whatua, who had beaten Nga-Puhi in the battle of Moremo-nui, in 1807, and also to strengthen himself against his other enemies of the Hauraki Gulf. So far as England was concerned, he was not very successful, though he was loaded with presents of other sorts which his friends there thought would be useful to him. In Sydney, however, he was able to gratify his desire for arms to a considerable extent, by exchanging his presents for muskets and powder. At Sydney he met Hinaki, the chief of Ngati-Paoa from Mokoia, and Te Horeta, of Coromandel.

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