Ka toa ia ki ō Ngā Puhi rangatira, ki a Kawiti rāua ko Hone Heke. Kei Te Ūpoko o te Ika he pakanga anō, kei Te Awakairangi. I taua wā, ahakoa kāore he whakapae i runga i a ia, ka mauheretia te rangatira rongonui nei o Ngāti Toa, a Te Rauparaha. Nā Te Mākarini i hoko te nui o ngā whenua pai o te Māori. Nā konei ka tere kaha te tupu o te taupori Pākehā. Ka tohungia a Kerei ki te ‘Tā’ i te 1848. Ko Kerei te tino kaitito o te kaupapa taketake; nā tēnei ture o te tau 1852 i puea ake ai te kāwanatanga nui me ngā kāwanatanga ā-rohe.