In 1835

tribes from the .. area arrived in the Chathams, driven south in search of new land, and claiming ownership of the Chathams. A number of Morioris were killed and others captured.
The Moriori numbers fell to 101. Most of the

i eventually left the Chathams by 1870. It was Solomon's grandfather, the chief of the Rauru tribe, who convinced the Moriori to remain pacifist during the invasion of their land. Tame Horomona Rehe Solomon, known as Tommy Solomon, the last full blooded Moriori, died in 1933.
En zo ging het vaak..
Bij welk land hoort deze eilandgroep ?
Niet geschoten is altijd mis..
Ach Margrietje, de Rozen zullen bloeien..