Moriori genocide
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 New Zealand iwi Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama from 1835 to 1863. The invaders murdered around 300 Moriori and enslaved the remaining population, causing the population to drop from 1,700 in 1835 to only 100 in 1870.
| Moriori Genocide | |
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| Part of Musket Wars | |
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 | 300 |
| Perpetrators | Members of Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga |
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| Genocide |
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| 15th–19th century genocides |
| Early 20th century genocides |
| World War II (1939–1945) |
| Cold War (1940s–1991) |
| Contemporary genocides |
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