Infobox language name Moriori nativename states New Zealand region Polynesia extinct 19th century familycolor ... languages Tahitic fam7 Maori language Maori script Latin script Latin iso3 linglist mri mor Moriori ... most closely related to Maori language New Zealand M ori . It is the native language of the Moriori people Moriori , the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands Rekohu in Moriori , which are east of New Zealand and under its sovereignty. History The Moriori 1835 invasion from Taranaki invasion from Taranaki had a heavy impact on Moriori population, culture and language, with only 101 Moriori remaining in 1862, ref name TeAra4 cite web author Denise Davis & M ui Solomon title Moriori The impact ... for Culture and Heritage url http www.teara.govt.nz NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori 4 en ... King first Michael title Moriori A People Rediscovered publisher Viking publication place Auckland ..., compiled a short vocabulary of Moriori words, with their equivalents in M ori and English. The vocabulary was published as an appendix of Michael King s Moriori A People Rediscovered . The language ... title tt0426460 The Feathers of Peace 2000 IMDb. ref in a recreation of Moriori contact with P keh and M ori. In 2001, as part of a cultural revival movement, Moriori people began attempts to revive the language, and compiled a database of Moriori words. ref name TeAra5 cite web url http www.teara.govt.nz NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori 5 en title Moriori The second dawn accessdate ... and Dwellings New Zealand Census showed 945 people choosing to include Moriori amongst their tribal ... NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori 6 en title Moriori Facts and figures accessdate ..., Sarah. A Grammar of the Moriori language . Clark, R. 1994 . Moriori and Maori The Linguistic .... pp. 123 135. Category Moriori Category Extinct languages of Oceania Category Languages of New ... languages bg el es Idioma moriori fr Moriori mk sco ... more details
Image Broughton Torotoro.jpg right thumb Plaque at the Torotoro Memorial Image Torotoro Monument Kaingaroa.jpg right thumb Torotoro Memorial Image Kaingaroa Beach.jpg right thumb Kaingaroa Beach below the Torotoro Memorial Torotoro is the name of the Moriori resident of Kaingaroa in the Chatham Islands who was shot and killed by William Robert Broughton Lieutenant Broughton s men of Chatham while defending his fishing gear on 29 November 1791. A memorial to Torotoro is above the beach at Kaingaroa Category Moriori ... more details
Use dmy dates date November 2011 Moriori are the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands Rekohu in Moriori language Moriori , Wharekauri in M ori language M ori , east of the New Zealand archipelago in the Pacific ... that the Moriori were pre M ori settlers of New Zealand , linguistically and genetically different ... 00 001370.html The Early History of the Morioris . By the late 20th century the hypothesis that the Moriori were different from the M ori had fallen out of favour amongst archeologists, who believed that the Moriori ... over the past 40 years has radically revised the model offered a century earlier by Smith the Moriori as a pre Polynesian people have gone the term Moriori is now a technical term referring to those ancestral Maori who settled the Chatham Islands Howe 2003 182 . ref Origin The Moriori are culturally Polynesian culture Polynesian . They developed a distinct Moriori culture in the Chatham Islands ..., current research indicates that ancestral Moriori were M ori people M ori Polynesians who ... Ross authorlink coauthors title Moriori and Maori The Linguistic Evidence. In Sutton, Douglas G ... coauthors Denise Davis title Moriori publisher Te Ara the Encyclopedia of New Zealand date updated 2006 06 09 location pages url http www.TeAra.govt.nz NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori en doi ... King cite book last King first Michael authorlink coauthors title Moriori A People Rediscovered publisher ... Evidence supporting this theory comes from the characteristics that the Moriori language has in common ... of Moriori hokopapa and M ori whakapapa . Prevailing wind patterns in the southern ... Moriori derives from Proto Polynesian ma a qoli , which has the reconstructed meaning true, real ..., and the Moriori adopted a hunter gatherer lifestyle. Food was almost entirely marine sourced ... 2000 people. citation needed date December 2010 File Chatham Island Tree Carving.JPG thumb 250px Moriori ... population, Moriori embraced a pacifism pacifist culture that rigidly avoided warfare, substituting ... more details
Torotoro is the name of Torotoro Bolivia a small town in the Potos Department in Bolivia Torotoro National Park a national park in the Potos Department in Bolivia Torotoro Moriori Moriori resident in 1791 of Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands, New Zealand Syma torotoro the Yellow billed Kingfisher Disambig de Torotoro ... more details
Nunuku whenua was a Moriori chief and famous sixteenth century pacifist . The Moriori are a Polynesia n people who settled in the then uninhabited Chatham Islands around the year 1500. ref http www.teara.govt.nz NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori 1 en Origins of the Moriori people , Denise Davis and M ui Solomon, Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand , New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage ref Following an inter tribal conflict, Nunuku whenua, a prominent Moriori chief of the Hamata tribe, established Nunuku s Law , which forbade war, cannibalism and killing in any form. ref http www.teara.govt.nz NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori 2 en The migrations from Hawaiki , ibid ref The law was strictly abided by, and peace was maintained in the Chathams until the islands were invaded by about 900 M ori people M ori from two iwi , the Ng ti Mutunga and the Ng ti Tama , in 1835. The invaders had guns and massacred the Moriori, who gathered urgently for a council at Te Awap tiki . Although youths argued in favour of armed resistance, elders ruled that Nunuku s Law could not be violated for any reason. The Moriori population, conquered and enslaved, fell from over 1600 in 1835 to less than 100 thirty years later. ref http www.teara.govt.nz NewZealanders MaoriNewZealanders Moriori 4 en The impact of new arrivals , ibid ref References reflist br Category Moriori people Category New Zealand pacifists Category History of New Zealand Category 16th century people Category People from the Chatham Islands fr Nunuku whenua it Nunuku whenua ... more details
Image Chatham Island Tree Carving.JPG thumb 280px Moriori tree carving or dendroglyph found at the historic reserve JM Barker Hapupu National Historic Reserve is 33 hectares of karaka kopi forest which was created to protect Moriori tree carvings called momori rakau or dendroglyphs . The reserve is located at the north eastern end of Chatham Island , the main island in the Chatham Islands , close to Hanson Bay . History Hapupu was gifted to the New Zealand government in 1979 by Barker Bros Brothers AND Sisters Ltd. It is one of only two national historic reserves in New Zealand. This designation reflects the particular importance of Hapupu both culturally and spiritually for the Moriori of Rekohu ... Moriori culture. The carvings depict Moriori karapuna ancestors and symbols of the natural world ... between the Department of Conservation DOC and the Moriori people to secure a small portion of the reserve for contemporary Moriori carvers to begin a new generation of momori rakau. Image with unknown ... most of their remaining farmland, including that which surrounds Hapupu, to Hokotehi Moriori Trust, the mandated body responsible for Moriori assets, acquisitions and negotiations. The momori rakau have ... and has even given these carvings a new name manu moriori which could be translated to mean bird people. Chatham Island Moriori representatives are not supportive of the release or sale of this book ... of Moriori. Moriori do not consider themselves to be Bird People either, but can rightfully claim synergy with the creations of nature all around them. Moriori have been the guardians of Rekohu since ... discovery. The only recorded example of a Moriori committing a carving to a tree on the Chatham Islands dates back to the 1840s when a Moriori carved a tree on http www.education resources.co.nz ... Moriori education resources http www.chatham lodge.co.nz gallery 1.htm Pitt Island Pictures ... coord 43.8003 176.3528 region NZ type forest display title Category Moriori Category Chatham Islands ... more details
Hirawanu Tapu ?&ndash 1900 was a notable New Zealand moriori leader. He was born in Te Awapatiki , Chatham Islands , New Zealand . ref name DNZB Tapu DNZB title Hirawanu Tapu first Michael last King id 1t12 accessdate December 2011 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Tapu, Hirawanu ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Moriori leader DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Te Awapatiki, Chatham Islands, New Zealand DATE OF DEATH 1900 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Tapu, Hirawanu Category 1900 deaths Category Moriori Category New Zealand M ori people Category People from the Chatham Islands NewZealand bio stub ... more details
much distinct Moriori, and instead consider them a culturally distinct offshoot of an early pre Kai Tahu South Island M ori group, as evidenced by similarities between the Moriori language and the K ... full blooded Moriori however that he was best known. There are still many people of partial Moriori descent in the Chatham Islands and in New Zealand itself, and as indicated above, the Moriori ... Moriori Trust. References Cite conference last King first Michael title Solomon, Tommy 1884 ... deaths Category Moriori Category New Zealand farmers Category Moriori people Category New Zealand ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 See arborglyph for tree carvings left by Basque sheepherds. File Chatham Island Tree Carving.JPG thumb An example In the Chatham Islands the indigenous Moriori people practiced the art of momori rakau tree carving as a ritual possibly associated with death or remembrance. Many scholars over the years have tried to penetrate the reasons behind these incisions into the trunks of the Karaka tree kopi karaka trees and none have come up with a plausible explanation that suits everybody. The dendroglyphs cover a range of features, with many representing human figures and others clearly representative of birds, fish, plants and animals. br The best known examples of momori rakau are at JM Barker Hapupu National Historic Reserve , where the carvings and trees are protected by a fenced enclosure and the protection of being one of only two National Historic Reserves in New Zealand . External links http www.education resources.co.nz moriori.htm Moriori education resources including more information on momori rakau tree carvings Category Chatham Islands Category Prehistoric inscriptions Category Moriori NewZealand stub bg ... more details
Kiti Karaka Riwai 1870&ndash 1927 was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of M ori people M ori descent, she identified with the Moriori and Ngati Mamoe iwi . She was born in Ruapuke Island , Southland Region Southland , New Zealand in 1870. ref name DNZB Riwai DNZB title Kiti Karaka Riwai first Michael last King id 3r23 accessdate December 2011 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Riwai, Kiti Karaka ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Moriori and Ngati Mamoe founding mother DATE OF BIRTH 1870 PLACE OF BIRTH Ruapuke Island, Southland, New Zealand DATE OF DEATH 1927 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Riwai, Kiti Karaka Category 1870 births Category 1927 deaths Category New Zealand M ori people Category K ti Mamoe Category Moriori NewZealand bio stub ... more details
Joey Matenga Ashton 3 June 1907&ndash 8 November 1993 was a New Zealand railway worker, sportsman, dance band leader. Of M ori people M ori descent, he identified with the Moriori , Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Mamoe iwi . He was born in Greytown, New Zealand Greytown , Wairarapa , New Zealand on 3 June 1907. ref name DNZB Ashton DNZB title Joey Matenga Ashton first Carole last Ashton id 5a21 accessdate December 2011 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ashton, Joey Matenga ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Moriori, Ngati Mamoe and Ngati Kahungunu railway worker, sportsman, dance band leader DATE OF BIRTH 3 June 1907 PLACE OF BIRTH Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand DATE OF DEATH 8 November 1993 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ashton, Joey Matenga Category 1907 births Category 1993 deaths Category New Zealand sportspeople Category Moriori Category Ng ti Kahungunu Category K ti Mamoe Category New Zealand M ori people Category New Zealand railway workers Category People from the Wellington Region NewZealand bio stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Tahitic region Polynesia n islands familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Polynesian languages Polynesian fam5 Eastern Polynesian languages Eastern Polynesian fam6 Central Eastern Polynesian languages Central Eastern child1 Austral language Austral child2 M ori language M ori child3 Penrhyn language Penrhyn child4 Rakahanga Manihiki language Rakahanga Manihiki child5 Rarotongan language Rarotongan child6 Tahitian language Tahitian child7 Tuamotuan language Tuamotuan child8 Moriori language Moriori probably extinct The Tahitic languages are a group of Eastern Polynesian languages in the Central Eastern branch. The other members of Central Eastern are Rapan language Rapan , spoken on Rapa Island, and the Marquesic languages . The two most important languages of the group by number of speakers are Tahitian language Tahitian and Maori language New Zealand Maori . Tahitian is the main language of the Society Islands , and is used as a lingua franca throughout much of French Polynesia , while Maori is spoken by a sizable minority in New Zealand where it shares official status with English. Other languages of the group include Austral language Austral or Tubuaian , spoken in the Austral Islands Moriori language Moriori , of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand Penrhyn language Penrhyn or Tongarevan , spoken on Penrhyn Island Penrhyn Tongareva in the northern Cook Islands Rarotongan language Rarotongan , spoken in the southern Cook Islands Rakahanga Manihiki language Rakahanga Manihiki , spoken on Rakahanga and Manihiki in the northern Cook Islands Tuamotuan language Tuamotuan , spoken throughout the Tuamotu Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, with the exception of Puka Puka and the Disappointment Islands . External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90453 Ethnologue classification of Tahitic languages Category Culture of French Polynesia Category Tahiti ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2008 File Flag of Chatham Islands.svg left thumb Unofficial flag of the Chatham Islands The unofficial flag of the Chatham Islands Wharekauri in Maori language Maori Rekohu in the indigenous language, Moriori language Moriori . In the centre is the map of the island with the Te Whanga lagoon depicted in white. Behind the map is a depiction of the rising sun. The flag was designed by Logan Alderson a former New Zealand police officer in 1993, and it has been used in the Chathams since then. Citation needed date September 2008 It was reported By whom date July 2010 that at the 2005 opening of a new marae on the islands, which included a rare visit by the New Zealand Prime Minister of New Zealand Prime Minister , the Chathams flag was clearly seen flying from a flagpole over the Marae. Citation needed date September 2008 See also Flag of New Zealand List of New Zealand flags DEFAULTSORT Chatham Islands, Flag of the Category Flags of New Zealand Category Chatham Islands Flag Category Unofficial flags NewZealand stub flag stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox islands name The Sisters local name Rangitatahi Moriori language Moriori M ori language M ori image name image caption locator map Chatham Islands map topo en.svg thumb map caption Map showing location of The Sisters Rangitatahi nickname location coordinates coord 43.5647 S 176.808 W source kolossus dewiki archipelago Chatham Islands total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population 0 population as of density km2 ethnic groups country New Zealand additional info The Sisters Rangitatahi is part of the Chatham Islands chain, located Convert 800 km mi 0 east of New Zealand New Zealand s South Island . The northernmost part of the group, they lie Convert 16 km mi 0 north of Cape Pattison, Chatham Island Cape Pattison on Chatham Island . coord 43.5647 S 176.808 W source kolossus dewiki display title See also List of islands of New Zealand References references External links Chatham Islands Category Islands of the Chatham Islands Category Uninhabited islands of New Zealand OutlyingNZ geo stub de The Sisters Inselgruppe ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox islands name Star Keys local name Motuhope Moriori language Moriori M ori language M ori image name image caption locator map Chatham Islands map topo en.svg thumb map caption Map showing location of Star Keys nickname location coordinates coord 44.2217 S 176.003 W source kolossus dewiki archipelago Chatham Islands total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country New Zealand additional info Star Keys Motuhope is part of the Chatham Islands chain, located Convert 800 km mi 0 east of New Zealand New Zealand s South Island . It is a group of five rocky islets of which Round Islet is the largest located Convert 12 km mi 0 east of Pitt Island . coord 44.2217 S 176.003 W source kolossus dewiki display title See also List of islands of New Zealand Chatham Islands Category Islands of the Chatham Islands Category Uninhabited islands of New Zealand OutlyingNZ geo stub de Star Keys ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox islands name Forty Fours local name Motuhara Moriori language Moriori M ori language M ori image name Forty Fours or Motuhara Islands.jpg thumb image caption Forty Fours Motuhara from the North. locator map Chatham Islands map topo en.svg map caption Map showing location of Forty Fours Motuhara nickname location coordinates coord 43 58 S 175 45 W region NZ type isle display inline archipelago Chatham Islands total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country New Zealand additional info Forty Fours Motuhara is part of the Chatham Islands group, located Convert 800 km mi 0 east of New Zealand New Zealand s South Island . The islands lie Convert 50 km mi 0 east of the group s main island, Chatham Island . coord 43.96667 S 175.75 W region NZ type isle display inline Area Type Hypsographic Chatham Islands Category Islands of the Chatham Islands Category Uninhabited islands of New Zealand OutlyingNZ geo stub de Forty Fours ... more details
has undergone several name changes over the years. The indigenous people, the Moriori , called it Rangiaotea ... in 1827. Historically, Moriori , the indigenous peoples of the Chatham Islands Rekohu first settled ... http www.education resources.co.nz pitt island.htm Moriori Education Resources Online http www.hokotehi.co.nz html Official Moriori Website With Information on Pitt Island Moriori Chatham Islands Category ... more details
caption Map locating the Chatham Islands native name Rekohu, Wharekauri native name link Moriori location .... The Chatham Islands Moriori language Moriori Rekohu , lang mi Wharekauri are an archipelago and New ... language, Moriori, means Misty Sun . These remote islands, over convert 800 km east of southern ... are class wikitable English name Moriori name Maori name Remarks Chatham Island Rekohu Wharekauri ... thumb right 180px Moriori tree carving, or dendroglyph , found in the Chatham Islands The first human ... 1500 Common Era CE , ref McFadgen 1994 ref and in their isolation became the Moriori people. The belief ..., was that the original Moriori migrated directly from more northerly Polynesian islands, just ... indicates instead that the ancestral Moriori were M ori wanderers from New Zealand. ref name Clark ... revised the model offered a century earlier by Smith the Moriori as a pre Polynesian people have gone the term Moriori is now a technical term referring to those ancestral Maori who settled the Chatham ... cultivated by the M ori arrivals were ill suited for the colder Chathams, so the Moriori lived as hunter ... to build ocean going craft for long voyages, the Moriori invented what was known as the waka korari ... was used to travel to the outer islands on birding missions King. M, 1989, Moriori, a people Rediscovered . The Moriori society was a peaceful society and bloodshed was outlawed by the chief Nunuku after ... to massacre the Moriori, who are thought to have numbered about 2,000, cannibalise the dead and enslave the survivors. A Moriori survivor recalled The M ori commenced to kill us like sheep.... We ..., Moriori were forbidden to marry Moriori, nor to have children with each other. All became slaves of the invaders until the 1860s. ref Rekohu ref Many died in despair. Many Moriori women had children by their M ori masters. A number of Moriori women eventually married either M ori or European .... Present day conditions The Moriori community is organized as the Hokotehi Moriori Trust. ref ... more details
In M ori mythology , Rongomai refers to several entities ref In the genealogies of the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands , Rongomai is the son of Tangaroa, and the father of Kahukura Tregear 1891 425 . ref a deity by whose assistance Haungaroa traveled from Hawaiki to New Zealand as she went to tell Ng toro i rangi that he had been cursed by Manaia legendary chief Manaia . a being in whale form which attacked and almost wiped out the war party of Maru. the war god of the tribes in the Lake Taupo region. a celebrated demi god ancestor of some iwi . He went with Ihinga and others of his friends to visit the dread Miru in her abode in the underworld. There they were taught incantations, witchcraft, religious songs, dances, and certain games. One of Rongomai s men was caught, and was claimed by Miru in sacrifice, as payment for having imparted the sacred knowledge, but Rongomai and the others got safely back to the world again. the chief of the Mahuhu canoe in its voyage from Hawaiki to New Zealand. He was drowned when the canoe overturned, and his body was eaten by the White trevally araara fish, since held sacred by the Nga Puhi and Rarawa iwi, who claim descent from Rongomai. Until they embraced Christianity, those iwi would not eat the araara or trevally, Caranx georianus . a meteor or comet , seen in the full light of day when in comparatively recent times, the Ngati Hau tribe were besieging the fortress named Rangiuru at Otaki, occupied by the Ngati Awa . Notes references References E. Shortland, Traditions & Superstitions of the New Zealanders Longman, Brown London , 1856, 25. E.R. Tregear, Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay, 1891 , 425 J. White, The Ancient History of the Maori , Vol I Government Printer Wellington, 1887 , 108 109 Category M ori mythology Category M ori gods Category Moriori mythology Category Sea and river gods mi Rongomai ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox islands name Little Mangere Island local name Tapuaenuku Moriori language Moriori M ori language M ori image name Mangere.jpg thumb image caption Mangere Island left and Little Mangere right locator map Chatham Islands map topo en.svg thumb map caption Map showing location of Little Mangere Island nickname location coordinates coord 44.2780 S 176.3158 W region NZ type isle archipelago total islands major islands area km2 area ha 15 area Convert 15 ha acre abbr on length km width km highest mount elevation m 214 population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country New Zealand additional info Little Mangere Island or Tapuaenuku is part of the Chatham Islands chain, located Convert 800 km mi 0 east of New Zealand s South Island . The island lies off the west coast of Pitt Island , Convert 45 km mi 0 south east of the chain s main settlement, Waitangi, Chatham Islands Waitangi , on Chatham Island . Less than Convert 15 ha acres in size and Convert 214 m ft 0 tall, the island is surrounded by steep cliffs. Little Mangere is privately owned and was once the last refuge of the few remaining Black robin until they were transferred to nearby Mangere Island and South East Island Rangatira as part of a species recovery plan in the early 1980s. The island hosts the largest sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus colony in the Chathams group. coord 44.2780 176.3158 region NZ type isle display title Chatham Islands Category Islands of the Chatham Islands Category Uninhabited islands of New Zealand OutlyingNZ geo stub fr le Petite Mangere ... more details
Taxobox name Hawkins Rail status EX status system iucn3.1 extinct late 19th century regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Gruiformes familia Rallidae genus Diaphorapteryx species D. hawkinsi binomial Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi binomial authority Henry Ogg Forbes Forbes , 1892 Hawkins Rail or Giant Chatham Island Rail , Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi , was a flightless extinct bird endemic ecology endemic to the Chatham Islands east of New Zealand . It is known to have existed only on the main islands of Chatham Island and Pitt Island . It is largely known from skeleton skeletal remains found in the kitchen midden s of the original Polynesians Polynesian inhabitants, the Moriori . The bird was approximately 16 inches tall and weighed about convert 4.5 lb and is thought to have been primarily an insectivore . It was long thought that the Hawkins Rail was extinct prior to European discovery, however recent evidence suggests that the bird may have become extinct much later. An 1895 letter belonging to financier zoologist Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild describes the appearance, behaviour, and Moriori hunting method concerning the species. A taxidermed specimen is in the collection of Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand . ref http collections.tepapa.govt.nz objectDetails.aspx?oid 541832 Te Papa collection online Cabalus modestus paratype ref External links Notornis 51 3 159, Notornis 51 4 212 http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 61331 summ IUCN Red List http www.notornis.org.nz new issues Notornis 51 2004 Notornis 51 4 212.pdf search 22Diaphorapteryx 20hawkins 20rothschild 22 New evidence on the life and death of Hawkins rail References reflist Category Rallidae Category Extinct birds of New Zealand Category Bird extinctions since 1500 Category Extinct flightless birds Category Birds of the Chatham Islands Category Animals described in 1892 Gruiformes stub de Hawkins Ralle hu Hawkins guvat pl Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi ... more details
for the village of Rohia, Maramure County , Romania T rgu L pu In a tradition of the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands , Rohe is the wife of the demi god M ui M ori mythology M ui . Beautiful Rohe was a sister of the sun , and her face shone. A quarrel arose after Rohe remarked that M ui s face was ugly . M ui then decided that they should change faces. Afterwards M ui used magic to kill Rohe, but her spirit returned and destroyed M ui. Thus were black magic and death introduced into the world. After her death, Rohe ruled as the goddess of the p spirit world , where she gathered in the spirits of the dead. Evil influences were attributed to her Best 1982 362 363, Shand 1897 125 126 . Cook Islands In Mangaia, the name Ro e appears in Te Aka ia Ro e the root of all existence which, according to Tregear, is a spirit in the form of a thick stem tapering to a point, and is situated at the bottom of the Universe, sustaining the Cosmos Gill 1976 1, Tregear 1891 421 . According to Elsdon Best, the goddess exchanges heads with M ui Best 1982 363 . M ori The M ori knew little of Rohe . Tregear records the one myth associated with her, in which she is the wife of M ui M ori mythology M ui . She was beautiful as he was ugly, and she refused his request to exchange faces. M ui, however, recited an incantation , and their faces were switched. In anger Rohe left him, and refused to live any longer in the world of light . She went to the underworld , and became a goddess of the p night or spirit world . Rohe is said sometimes to beat the spirits of deceased as they pass through her realm. Her home is in that division of the night world called Uranga o te r Te Uranga o te r . M ui and Rohe had a son named Rangihore, the god of rocks and stones Craig 1989 231, Best 1982 362, Tregear ... and Songs from the South Pacific Henry S. King London, 1876 . A.Shand, The Moriori People of the Chatham ... mythology multi region Category M ori mythology Category Moriori mythology Category Death goddesses ... more details
Infobox islands name Mangere Island local name M ngere Moriori language Moriori M ori language M ori image name Mangere.jpg thumb image caption Mangere Island left and Little Mangere right locator map Chatham Islands map topo en.svg thumb map caption Map showing location of Mangere Island. nickname location coordinates coord 44.2695 176.2945 region NZ type isle archipelago Chatham Islands total islands major islands area km2 1.13 length km width km highest mount Whakapa elevation m 292 population 0 population as of density km2 ethnic groups country New Zealand additional info Mangere Island is part of the Chatham Islands archipelago, located convert 800 km mi 0 east of New Zealand New Zealand s South Island and has an area of convert 113 ha acre 0 . The island lies off the west coast of Pitt Island , convert 45 km mi 0 south east of the main settlement in the Chathams, Waitangi, Chatham Islands Waitangi , on Chatham Island . Mangere and nearby Tapuaenuku Little Mangere Island Little Mangere are the eroded remains of an ancient volcano of pliocene age. The island s highest point, Whakapa, is convert 292 m ft 0 above sea level . Forested until the 1890s, the island was largely cleared for sheep grazing Fact date June 2007 . Rabbit s and then cat s were also introduced but later died out. Farmed until 1966, the island was then purchased by the New Zealand government and gazetted as a Nature Reserve ref name DOC http www.doc.govt.nz templates MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id 39637 Mangere Island restoration from the Department of Conservation website ref . The last sheep were removed in 1968 and Island restoration restoration of the island started in 1973 and is ongoing. Several endemism endemic Chatham Island bird species have since been reintroduced to the island, Chatham Snipe in 1970, Black Robin in 1976, Chatham Tomtit in 1987 and Shore Plover in the 1990s. coord 44.2695 176.2945 region NZ type isle display title See also List of islands of New Zealand References references ... more details
File Auckland islands topo.png thumb The Auckland group Port Ross is a natural harbour on Auckland Island in the Auckland Islands Auckland Islands Group , a subantarctic chain that forms part of the New Zealand Outlying Islands . Guarding the mouth of Port Ross are Rose Island, New Zealand Rose Island , Enderby Island , Ewing Island, New Zealand Ewing Island , and the tiny Ocean Island. In 1842, members of the Ng ti Mutunga M ori people M ori arrived in Port Ross from the Chatham Islands with Moriori slaves in an attempt to establish a settlement. ref Peat, Neville 2003 Subantarctic New Zealand A Rare Heritage, Invercargill Department of Conservation, ISBN 0478140886, p. 75 ref In the late 1840s, an agriculture agricultural and whaling community set up in Erebus Cove, on the harbour, and named Hardwicke, New Zealand Hardwicke . Due to the inhospitable climate, the settlement was abandoned within three years. A cemetery remains, later used to bury victims of shipwrecks. Survivors of the 1866 wreck of the General Grant ship General Grant set up a camp in the Harbour, where they lived for 18 months before rescue. Later, castaway depot s were established in Port Ross to provide succour for any sailors wrecked or marooned on the islands. In 1887 it provided relief for the survivors of the Derry Castle barque Derry Castle . It was also one of three sites occupied by the World War II wartime Cape Expedition coastwatchers coastwatching stations established on New Zealand s subantarctic islands. See also List of inlets of the Auckland Islands References Reflist coord 50 32 42 S 166 13 38 E dim 20000 region NZ display title Category Auckland Islands Category Ghost towns in New Zealand Category Former populated places in Oceania Category History of the New Zealand outlying islands OutlyingNZ geo stub ... more details
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