I te tau 1869 e 62 tau te pakeke o te mihinare Weteriana a John Whiteley ka haere ia kia kite i ngā mema o tōna whare karakia ki Pukearuhe kei te whakarua o Ngāmotu. Kātahi rā te puni hōia o reira ka whakaekengia e te ope tauā o Ngāti Maniapoto. Kāre a Whiteley i whakarongo ki ngā whakaōhiti kia tau, ā, ka patua. Nō te tau 1871 ka whakatūhia tēnei whakamaumaharatanga mō ngā ika o tērā kōkiri, tae atu ki a 'Minita John Whiteley, he mihinare mō te hunga Māori, i waenganui i a rātou whakapau kaha ai mō te 37 tau. He hoa pono nō ngā iwi e rua.'