1800–1810:

Childhood: frequent traveller around the outposts of N. Tumatakokiri, from Te Tai Tapu and Mohua (Golden Bay) to Whangarae (Croisilles) and south to Rotoiti, Maruia, Mawhera (Greymouth), Kawatiri (Buller) and the inland trails and mahinga kai (food baskets).