Marianne goes on to write of how her younger children Lydia, Henry, and Sarah were coping since the coming of the troops, and of her own considerations of whether to send the young women away by the North Star. Paihia, she writes, remained at this time a 'Tapu spot' while Waimate and Kerikeri remain threatened but untouched. Pakaraka had been plundered by Kawiti, and Mr Taylors farm burned. Henry Williams continued to supply beef for the shops, and to liaise with Hone Heke. She writes of him having gone to Owaewae [sic (Ohaeawai)], where Heke was constructing his new Pa having left Te Mawhe after the battle. Marianne reports that 45 Maori were killed, including Kawitis eldest son, and numerous injured. While 14 troops were killed and 39 wounded, all of whom had been taken by the North Star to hospital in Auckland.