 The final defeat at Waikoukou marked the end of the Hauhau attempts to drive the settlers off the land by military action.Following these defeats, he joined his relative Te Whiti o Rongomai at Parihaka, south Taranaki in leading peaceful reoccupation of confiscation of Maori land.Although Tohu did not have the oratory skills of Te Whiti many Maori consider his mana to be equal to Te Whiti.