 He was killed in the campaign known as Putu-karekare (or Patu-karekare, or Te Karekaernga), which was fought at Kawhia in the time before Te Rauparaha had left Kawhia around 1820.He was also known as Te Kanawa Ikatu of the Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Naho hapū, and was one of the principal chiefs of the Waikato Māori.He was a close confederate of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King, and lived from c. 1770 to c. 1860.