Ngāpuhi chief
Hongi Hika's campaign against
Ngāti Whātua ends with the battle Te Ika a Ranganui on the
Kaiwaka River (approximately 105 km north of modern downtown
Auckland). Hongi's eldest son is killed in the battle. Most of the Ngāti Whatua survivors, heavily defeated, flee south, leaving Tāmaki-makau-rau (
Auckland) almost deserted until the arrival of
GovernorWilliam Hobson in
1840. Hongi later pursues the Ngāti Whatua survivors into the
Waikato.[2][3]
^Macdonald, G.R. (1966).
"MOORHOUSE, William Sefton". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.