moriori

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a people akin to, but not identicalwith, the Maoris. They occupied the Chatham Islands, and wereconquered in 1832 by the Maoris. In 1873, M. Quatrefagespublished a monograph, `Moriori et Maori.'