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{{Act of Villainy|name=Moriori Genocide|Image=Moriori genocide.png|perpetrator=Ngāti Mutunga tribe<br>Ngāti Tama tribe|date=1835-1863|location=Chatham Islands|motive=Lack of resources and land.|crimes=[[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Infanticide]]}}{{Quote|The Morioris were taken prisoners, the women and children were bound, and many of these, together with the men, were killed and eaten, so that the corpses lay scattered in the woods and over the plains. Those who were spared from death were herded like swine, and killed even from year to year.|Michael King}}
{{Act of Villainy|name=Moriori Genocide|image=Moriori people.jpg|perpetrator=Ngāti Mutunga tribe<br>Ngāti Tama tribe|date=1835-1863|location=Chatham Islands|motive=Lack of resources and land.|crimes=[[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Infanticide]]}}{{Quote|The Morioris were taken prisoners, the women and children were bound, and many of these, together with the men, were killed and eaten, so that the corpses lay scattered in the woods and over the plains. Those who were spared from death were herded like swine, and killed even from year to year.|Michael King}}


The '''Moriori Genocide''' was the genocide and enslavement of the indigenous Moriori people of the Chatham Islands by Māori invaders from the tribes of Taranaki. This led to hundreds being killed, while the rest of them were enslaved.
The '''Moriori Genocide''' was the genocide and enslavement of the indigenous Moriori people of the Chatham Islands by Māori invaders from the tribes of Taranaki. This led to hundreds being killed, while the rest of them were enslaved.