| Moriori Genocide | |
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 Port Hutt, where the first war brigade landed in November 1835 | |
| Location | Chatham Islands |
| Date | 1835–1860s |
| Target | Moriori |
Attack type | Genocide, invasion, enslavement |
| Deaths | 1,561 |
| Perpetrators | Members of Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga |
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The Moriori genocide was the mass murder and enslavement of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of the mainland Māori New Zealand iwi Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama from 1835 to 1863. The invaders murdered around 300 Moriori and enslaved the remaining population.[1] This, together with introduced Western diseases, caused the population to drop from 1,700 in 1835 to 100 in 1870.[2][3] The last full-blood Moriori, Tommy Solomon, died in 1933. There remain just under a thousand people of mixed descent who identify as Moriori.
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- ^ Solomon, Maui (15 December 2019). "Moriori: Still setting the record straight". E-Tangata. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Moriori Treaty settlement passes first reading". Radio NZ. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.