Moriori
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The Moriori are the first settlers of the Chatham Islands. They are Polynesians who came from the New Zealand mainland by at least about 1500 AD, and possibly around the mid-15th century. The settlers
Moriori family, c. 1910
Moriori designs carved into trees and rock
Moriori tree carving or dendroglyph
Moriori people in the late 19th century: these three men (standing) are wearing a mix of traditional and European clothing. They carry defensive staffs and wear flax mats around the waist and shoulders, feathers on the front of the head, and albatross tufts in their beards.
Cloud Atlas (film)
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Cloud Atlas is a 2012 epic science fiction film written and directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. Based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell, it has multiple plots occurring during six eras and fe
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…discussion, with the academic consensus slowly gaining more public awareness over the 20th century. The 2004 David Mitchell novel Cloud Atlas and its 2012 film adaption both featured the enslavement of Moriori by the Māori on the Chatham Islands in the mid-19th century. The film adaption stars David Gyasi as "Autua…
Theatrical release poster