The Moriori Genocide-1835
The Moriori Genocide-1835
Moriori Population
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Oral Accounts
Maui Solomon, as explained before is the grandson of the last known full blooded Moriori
Christopher Finlayson
- New Zealanders and others believe the Moriori were wiped out
- The atrocities lasted 20 years after Taranaki Maori slaughtered and enslaved the Moriori
- The Moriori were granted 3% of their land
- They are still not being recognized
Maui Solomon
Schools on the Chatham Islands have a scarce amount of children, according to Susan Carter, teaching principal at Kaingaroa school on the Chatham Islands:
Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government, n.d. Web.
Treaty Negotiations Minister of New Zealand
Photo:"The Wai 262 Claim by Six Maori Tribes." In Motion Magazine. NPC Productions, n.d. Web
Video: "Moriori Descendants Seek Treaty Claim for 19th Century Atrocities." One News Now. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2016.
Bibliography
- "10 Little-Known Horrific Acts of Genocide | Martian Herald." Martian Herald. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2016
- Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government, n.d. Web.
- "Chatham Islands." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 May 2016
- "Moriori Descendants Seek Treaty Claim for 19th Century Atrocities." One News Now. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2016.
- "The Moriori Genocide - Infogram, Charts & Infographics." The Moriori Genocide - Infogram, Charts & Infographics. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2016.
Rotierney. "REKOHU | A Short Film on the Chatham Islands." YouTube. YouTube, 01 Sept. 2012. Web. 30 May 2016.
- "Nunuku-whenua." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 May 2016.
- "Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand." 1. – Moriori –. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2016.
- Rotierney. "REKOHU | A Short Film on the Chatham Islands." YouTube. YouTube, 01 Sept. 2012. Web. 30 May 2016.
- "The Wai 262 Claim by Six Maori Tribes." In Motion Magazine. NPC Productions, n.d. Web
- The Moriori almost went completely extinct.
- The horrors of that genocide has stayed with the Moriori people to this day.
- Maui Solomon is the grandson of Tommy Solomon, the last full-blooded Moriori, who unfortunately died in 1933.
- Maui is affected greatly by what happened to his home, "We lost 90% of our population-that's a holocaust really."
- This class knows the horror of the Nazi Holocaust, so it's easy to imagine the horror of the Moriori one.
Video: "Moriori Descendants Seek Treaty Claim for 19th Century Atrocities." One News Now. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2016.
The Eight Stages of the Moriori Genocide
Stage 4:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 1:
Organization
Dehumanization
Symbolization
Classification
Moriori
Maori
=
Maori
All decendants of Maori
Stage 8:
Stage 7:
Stage 6:
Stage 5:
Preparation
Extermination
Would be denial but was not present in the Moriori genocide
- maori tribes seized control of European ship
Polarization
- The Moriori outnumbered the Maori, but...
- The Moriori chose to obey Nunuku's Law of Peace
- 10% of the poupation was killed
- some were eaten
- the rest were enslaved
- ship came back with another 400 maori troops
Rekohu: A Short Film on the Chatham Islands
"The Moriori Genocide - Infogram, Charts & Infographics." The Moriori Genocide - Infogram, Charts & Infographics. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2016.
- This film shows how the Moriori were effected and how they overcame their past
- Their population is slowly coming back
- This film shows how a community can recover from genocide
It is a small population, and a small island, but this genocide had a large impact on this small number of people.
What happened- from the view of a survivor
The Moriori
Rotierney. "REKOHU | A Short Film on the Chatham Islands." YouTube. YouTube, 01 Sept. 2012. Web. 02 June 2016.
"Parties of warriors armed with muskets, clubs and tomahawks, led by their chiefs, walked through Moriori tribal territories and settlements without warning, permission or greeting. If the districts were wanted by the invaders, they curtly informed the inhabitants that their land had been taken and the Moriori living there were now vassals."
"[The Maori] commenced to kill us like sheep.... [We] were terrified, fled to the bush, concealed ourselves in holes underground, and in any place to escape our enemies. It was of no avail; we were discovered and killed - men, women and children indiscriminately."
- A Moriori survivor
- The Moriori were indigenous people who occupied the chatham islands
- Abide strongly by the law of Nanuku
- Pacifist law- no violence
Took advantage of the Moriori's pacifist ways
"The Moriori Genocide - Infogram, Charts & Infographics." The Moriori Genocide - Infogram, Charts & Infographics. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2016.
"Nunuku-whenua." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 May 2016.
"Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand." 1. – Moriori –. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2016.
Picture:"10 Little-Known Horrific Acts of Genocide | Martian Herald." Martian Herald. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2016
Home of the Moriori
"Chatham Islands." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 May 2016
by Holly Medeiros