Actions by the Colonial government cost Maori in the Bay of Islands in terms of lost trade and opportunities. Heke feared that chiefly authority was now subservient to that of the British Crown
The sacking of Kororareka shook the settler population. Over £50,000
worth of property was lost. In Auckland panic set in. Some settlers
sold their land for whatever price they could obtain, and left the
country as quickly as possible.
