There, he met Hongi Hika, the Ngāpuhi chief who was visiting England, and the missionary Thomas Kendall.
Darryn George (born in 1970) is a New Zealand artist of Ngāpuhi descent who is based in Christchurch.
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It is known principally as the site of a Māori battle fought in either 1807 or 1808 between the Kaipara branches of the Ngāti Whātua, Te-Uri-o-Hau and Te Roroa iwi on one side and the Ngāpuhi iwi on the other.
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.