Pōmare was quite popular with his party—in part this is likely because he did not promote an independent Māori cultural identity and that fitted well with the Reform Party's generally conservative views.
Pomare war in seiner Partei ziemlich populär, wahrscheinlich teilweise, weil er nicht eine unabhängige kulturelle Identität der Māori vertrat und so gut zu den eher konservativen Ansichten der Reform Party passte.