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Moriori [ˌmɒrɪˈɔːrɪ]

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a Polynesian people of New Zealand, esp of the Chatham Islands, closely related to the mainland Maori: now racially intermixed

2. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ri, -ris a member of this people

3. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of the Moriori, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to the Moriori or their language

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language	For example, there is the settlement of the far-distant Chatham Islands by "mainland" Maori and the development of the new Moriori culture (29), and the stories told to any New Zealand schoolchild about the great Maori war parties (for example, Te Rauparaha) from the North Island, travelling by large canoes over long distances, to vanquish the southern Maori tribes. Seacoast stuff by Lloyd, Mike / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue The most significant of the smaller inhabited islands of New Zealand include Stewart Island/Rakiura; Waiheke Island, in Auckland''s Hauraki Gulf; Great Barrier Island, east of the Hauraki Gulf; and the Chatham Islands, named Rekohu by Moriori. New Zealand - Land of the Long White Cloud by Russell Snapper / Travel, recreation and leisure community There are ancient tree-carvings representing deceased images of Moriori people of more than two centuries ago which still stare silently through the dark shadows of an ancient forest. Appeal of 'Misty Skies' by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)	morgen Morglay morgue MORI Moria Morian moribund moribundity Moric Morice Morigerate Morigeration Morigerous Mörike Moril Morin Morinda morindin Morinel Moringa Moringic Morintannic Morioka morion Morioplasty Moriori Morisco morish Morisk Morison Morisonians Morisot Morkin Morland Morlett's crocodile Morley Morley Edward Williams Morling Mormal Mormo Mormon Mormon Church Mormon cricket Mormon State Mormon Tabernacle Mormondom Mormonism Mormonite Mormons morn Mornay	Morin, Paul Morina Morinae Morinda Morinda Morinda Morinda citrifalia Morinda citrifolia Morinda officinalis Morinda reticulata morindin morine Morinel Moringa Moringa oleifera Moringaceae Moringic morinite Morintannic Morioka Morioka Morioka, Iwate Morioka, Iwate Morioka, Japan - Hanamaki morion morion Moriones Festival morions morions Morioplasty Moriori Moriori of The Chatham Islands Morir Es Vivir MoRIS Moris code Moris code Morisco Morisco Moriscoes Moriscos Moriscos Morisette expansion reamer morish Morisk Morison Morison Morison, Samuel Eliot Morison, Stanley Morisonians Morisot Morisot Morisot, Berthe Morisot, Berthe (Marie Pauline) Morisot, Berthe (Marie Pauline) Moriss Dancing Moriss Dancing Morita Akio Morita therapy Morita, Akio Morita, Akio Moritz Benedikt Cantor

For example, there is the settlement of the far-distant Chatham Islands by "mainland" Maori and the development of the new Moriori culture (29), and the stories told to any New Zealand schoolchild about the great Maori war parties (for example, Te Rauparaha) from the North Island, travelling by large canoes over long distances, to vanquish the southern Maori tribes.

Seacoast stuff by Lloyd, Mike / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue

The most significant of the smaller inhabited islands of New Zealand include Stewart Island/Rakiura; Waiheke Island, in Auckland''s Hauraki Gulf; Great Barrier Island, east of the Hauraki Gulf; and the Chatham Islands, named Rekohu by Moriori.

New Zealand - Land of the Long White Cloud by Russell Snapper / Travel, recreation and leisure community

There are ancient tree-carvings representing deceased images of Moriori people of more than two centuries ago which still stare silently through the dark shadows of an ancient forest.

Appeal of 'Misty Skies' by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

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