"I just think in terms of fairness and unfair advantages ...I [am] disappointed at the way it was done. There's some good, honest people in the house. I think I've had an impact - some of our iwi have woken up to what was happening."
If Mr Morgan was returned to a leadership role she "didn't have much confidence" that infighting would stop.
The instability looks set to continue. Te Arataura chairman Tom Roa said the parliament is to vote on whether his board should be removed next month.
"There is a power struggle and that resolution to remove the Arataura is on December the 8th."
In his letter last week Tuheitia criticised Mr Roa and other board members including Kingi Porima and Hemi Rau for previous court action against his late mother years ago and called for board members to retest their mandate.
Mr Roa said he could understand the king's position. "I know he's still hurting over that. I know that he's frustrated with the apparent inability of the Arataura and the officers of the Kauhanganui to get on, so in that hurt, I respect that within his letter to the tribe led him to express that hurt."
The king also called for a referendum on the tribe's institutions but Mr Roa said work on the constitutional reform was already being undertaken and there was still a huge amount of enthusiasm or "hikaka" for that to continue, he said. Consultation would have to occur before a referendum.
It is not clear if the tribe's new parliamentary chair will be voted in at the upcoming meeting. Mr Roa said of Mr Morgan's bid: "I think Tuku has a magic. He is a political animal, he's a survivor and he will pull out all the stops to become the chair of the Kauhanganui."
Mr Morgan did not respond to Herald calls.