J. Houston, writing in Maori Life in Old Taranaki (1965), observed: "Many of the true owners were absent, while others had not returned from slavery to the Waikatos in the north.
J. Houston schreibt 1965 in Maori Life in Old Taranaki: „Viele der tatsächlichen Eigentümer waren abwesend, andere waren von den Waikatos im Norden versklavt worden.