He led his tribe in preserving their territory from occupation by other tribes, including driving out Ngāti Maru in the 1820s, after they outstayed their welcome by weight of numbers,building 15 pa in Ngati Haua territory and the overtaxing of local food resources,when taking refuge from Ngāpuhi attacks on the Hauraki area.
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The Waitoa River catchment drains the Hinuera Flats and broad southern Hauraki Plains, before converging with the Piako River in the large wetland known as the Kopuatai Peat Dome, northeast of Tahuna.