1831.

The Ngatipaoa and Thames tribes are attacked by all Waikato under William Neero, Te Waharoa, and other chiefs, and defeated with great loss at Taumatawiwi near Haowhenua or Pukekura, near Maungatautari. The pa is evacuated, and Ngatipaoa are expelled from the Upper Waikato. They go to Waihopuhopu, Wakatiwai, and the Frith of the Thames. They are subsequently driven entirely out of this part of the country (Upper Waikato) by a treacherous attack made on them at Matamata by Te Waharoa's people.

When passing down the Horotiu after the evacuation of Pukekura, Apihai and his people accompanied Ngatipaoa—leaving them at Ngaruawahia and passing up the Waipa, join their friends at Te Horo pa. Here they remained until their return to Manukau in 1834.