Page "Dog Tax War" Paragraph 4

Hone Toia was the leader / prophet of a breakaway group of Wesleyans called Te Huihuinga or Te Huihui.

Te Huihuinga was also a political movement and considered themselves as having seceded to ' Te Kotahitanga ' ( an autonomous Māori parliament movement founded upon ' Te Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tïreni ' 1835 ( Declaration of Independence )).

Other grievances held by this group included seasonal restrictions on the hunting of native birds, the land tax ( on land held under Crown grant within five miles of a public road ), the wheel tax ( on vehicles with certain tyre widths ).