 Gore rakatevera racho, Cameron akagadzwa kuva mukuru wemauto eBritain muNew Zealand, ayo akanga achibata nehondo dzeNew Zealand dzaiitika. Panguva iyoyo, Hurumende yeColonial yakanga ichirwisananavaMaori munharaunda yeTaranaki. Zvisinei, panguva yakasvika Cameron muTaranaki, rugare rwakanga rwagadziriswa. Makore maviri gare gare, akadzvinyirira kumwe kutangazve kwekurwa munzvimbo iyi uye akabva atungamira kupinda kweWaikato kubata neKing Movement, kurwisa kweMaori kwaityisidzira hutongi hweBritain munyika. Akatungamirira nhevedzano yezviitiko zvinobudirira zvikuru neKingites, vateveri veKing Movement, asi hapana chakanga chisarudza. Pakazosvika March 1864, akanga afambira mberi mumwoyo weWaikato uye akanga asundira vaKing muKing Country. PaGate Pā muna April 1864, mauto ake akakundwa zvikuru. Panguva iyi, Cameron akanga ava kuodzwa mwoyo nemaitiro ehondo. Kupesana nezvido zvake, mukuvamba kwa 1865 akatungamirira hondo yokurwisa vaMaori kumaodzanyemba kweTaranaki. Achimanikidzwa nevezvematongerwe enyika kuti arwe hondo yaaifunga kuti yakanga isina kukodzera, akasiya basa ndokubva muNew Zealand muna August 1865. 