Daraufhin verließ Whiria (Pomare II) die Versammlung, da er nicht in Kämpfe verschiedener Hapū der Ngāpuhi hineingezogen werden wollte. ###>Upon this Whiria (Pomare II) left the meeting as he did not want to be involved in fighting between the different hapū of the Ngāpuhi, which had occurred in 1830 in the so-called Girls' War.