 Carrington invited Barrett to join his team and about 9 January 1841, the pair arrived at Ngamotu with a party of assistant surveyors on the barque "Brougham", ready to choose a site for the new town.Carrington inspected the area around Moturoa, then set out by whaleboat to examine Waitara, rowing 5 km up the Waitara River.He returned to Wellington, determined to examine sites in the South Island before making a final decision.