Moriori genocide

Moriori Genocide
Part of Musket Wars
Port Hutt
Port Hutt, where the first war brigade landed in November 1835
LocationChatham Islands
Date1835–1860s
TargetMoriori
Attack type
Genocide, invasion, enslavement
Deaths300
PerpetratorsMembers of Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga

The Moriori genocide[1] was the mass murder and enslavement of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of the mainland New Zealand iwi Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama from 1835 to 1863. The invaders murdered around 300 Moriori and enslaved the remaining population,[2] causing the population to drop from 1,700 in 1835 to only 100 in 1870.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Solomon, Maui (15 December 2019). "Moriori: Still setting the record straight". E-Tangata. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ Mills, Karl (3 August 2018). "The Moriori myth and why it's still with us". The Spinoff. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Moriori Treaty settlement passes first reading". Radio NZ. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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