 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mukupera kwema1850, Tamihana ndiye aive nemhosva huru yekugadzwa kweMambo weM Maori Movement, iyo yaive nechinangwa chekubatanidza vapanduki veM Maori nekumisikidza humambo vachipesana nehurumende yeBritain. Akakwanisa kunyengetedza iwi dzinoverengeka kuti dzibatane nesangano, uye Potatau Te Wherowhero weNgāti Mahuta kuti atore chinzvimbo cheMambo wekutanga. Tamihana akapa mashoko emitemo, akavakirwa paBhaibheri. Kunyange zvazvo sangano racho rakaonekwa nevakawanda vePākehā nehurumende serupandukiro, Tamihana aida kuti Mambo weMāori ave mubatanidzwa naMambokadzi Victoria. Tamihana akava mumiririri uye muparidzi webato racho, achitanga pepanhau remutauro wechiMaori. Muna 1861 Gavhuna Thomas Gore Browne akabudisa chirevo chaida kuti vaMaori vazviise pasi poUmambo hweBritain. Tamihana akamunyorera achimutsanangurira kuti King Movement yakanga isingapesani naMambokadzi asi yakaramba kupika mhiko yokuvimbika. Akaratidzira funganyo yokuti Gavhuna airatidzika kuva akatsunga hondo asi akakundikana kuona miuyo yokupandukira. Gare gare, akanyora nhevedzano yetsamba 14 dzinotyisidzira kuna Grey uyo akaziva kuti Tamihana akatsigirwa naRewi Maniapoto ane utsinye. Hondo payakatanga, mushure mekuurayiwa kwevarwi vanomwe veBritain munguva yerunyararo muTaranaki uye kuedza kuuraya Gorst, mumiriri wehurumende paTe Awamutu, Tamihana akaramba achitsigira kutaurirana, asi vamwe mukati meMambo Movement, saRewi Maniapoto akasarudza kurwa. Mukupinda muWaikato KwoseTamihana akaedza kutaurirana nemasimba ehurumende, pasina kubudirira. Pashure pehondo iye akaita nhimbe mukurwisana nokutorwa kwevhu kwakaparirwa nakwo. 