Torotoro (Moriori)
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Torotoro is the name of the Moriori
resident of Kaingaroa in the Chatham Islands
who was shot and killed by 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
Moriori
Moriori are the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands , east of the New Zealand archipelago in the Pacific Ocean...
resident of Kaingaroa in the Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands are an archipelago and New Zealand territory in the Pacific Ocean consisting of about ten islands within a radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Their name in the indigenous language, Moriori, means Misty Sun...
who was shot and killed by Lieutenant Broughton's
William Robert Broughton
William Robert Broughton was a British naval officer in the late 18th century. As a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commanded HMS Chatham as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through the Pacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s.-With Vancouver:In...
men of 'Chatham' while defending his fishing gear - on 29 November 1791. A memorial to Torotoro is above the beach at Kaingaroa