The death of Ruatara on 15 March 1815 and the loss of his protection for the mission may have contributed to a lack of growth of European settlement in the area and its subsequent displacement, in the 1820s, by the mission at Kerikeri as the senior mission in New Zealand. By the 1830sWises says 1837, New Zealand Historic Places says 1832 the houses of the mission at Oihi had deteriorated considerably and the mission was moved to Te Puna, further to the west in Rangihoua Bay.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.308. The mission finally closed in the 1850s.
