Boyd Massacre - Aftermath

Aftermath

In March 1810, a revenge attack was undertaken by sailors from five whaling vessels, but their target was Rangihoua Pā, belonging to Chief Te Pahi, the chief who tried to rescue the Boyd survivors and then saw them killed. Te Pahi had later accepted one of the Boyd's small boats and some other booty, and his name may have been confused with that of Te Puhi, who was one of the architects of the massacre. In the attack 60 Māori and one sailor died, and a wounded Te Pahi fled to Whangaroa, where he was killed by the Māori there.

News of the Boyd Massacre reached Australia and Europe, delaying a planned visit of missionaries until 1814. A notice was printed and circulated in Europe advising against visiting "that cursed shore" of New Zealand, at the risk of being eaten by cannibals.

Shipping to New Zealand "fell away to almost nothing" during the next three years.