The Maori announce that the two thousand…

The Maori announce that the two thousand or so Moriori are now their slaves and begin to kill any who object.

The Maori response to the Moriori’s counteroffer of peace, friendship and a division of resources is to attack en masse, slaughter hundreds of terrified Moriori, cook and eat many of the bodies, and enslave all the rest.

After the invasion, Moriori are forbidden to marry Moriori, nor to have children with each other.

All become slaves of the Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga invaders.

Many die from despair.

Many Moriori women will bear children to their Maori masters.

A small amount of Moriori women will eventually marry either Maori or European men.

Some are taken from the Chathams, never to return.