Moriori genocide
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The Moriori genocide was the mass murder, enslavement, and cannibalisation of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama, two Mā
Port Hutt, where the invaders landed in late 1835
Moriori people in the late 19th century
Chatham Islands
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The Chatham Islands, officially the Chatham Islands Territory, are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 km east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consist
Moriori genocide
…The Moriori genocide was the mass murder, enslavement, and cannibalisation of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama, two Māori iwi from mainland New Zealand, from 1835 to 1863. The invaders murdered around 300 Moriori and…
The two largest islands are Chatham Island (top) and Pitt Island (bottom right)
Moriori tree carving, or dendroglyph, in the Chatham Islands
Monument to Torotoro above Kaingaroa Beach on Chatham Island