Nā runga i tō rātau aroha ki te manaaki i te kāwanatanga i Whakatāne, ka kore a Te Arawa i whakatupu kai i te mea kua hipa kē te awe kāpara. Tae rawa ki waenganui o te tau o 1866 kua tino mate i te kore kai (TTR 1990:158). / As a result of assisting the government in Whakatāne, Te Arawa had not planted crops because the planting season had passed. By the middle of 1866 they were desperately short of food.

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