These people lived by a code of non-violence and passive resistance (see Nunuku-whenua), which led to their near-extinction at the hands of Taranaki Māori invaders in the 1830s.
Son un pobo que vive segundo un código de non violencia e resistencia pasiva (véxase Nunuku-whenua), o cal fixo que os invasores maorís taranaki case os exterminaran na década de 1830.