Moriori

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title: Moriori
text: The Moriori are the first settlers of the Chatham Islands. Moriori are Polynesians who came from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 CE, which was close to the time of the shift from the archaic to the classic period of Polynesian Māori culture on the mainland. Oral tradition records migration to the Chathams in the 16th century. The settlers' culture diverged from mainland Māori, and they developed a distinct Moriori language, mythology, artistic expression and way of life. Currently there are
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description: Indigenous Polynesian people of the Chatham Islands
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori
date created: 2003-08-20T00:30:05Z
date modified: 2024-09-11T05:18:08Z
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