Moriori
1. (modifier) Moriori.
Kāhore a Rōpata i mōhio ki te reo Moriori, nō tōna hokinga ki Niu Tīreni ka kīia e ia te ingoa o te moutere ko Wharekauri, ā, koia nei te ingoa ki a tatou nei, ki te Māori o taua moutere ko Wharekauri, ko tōna ingoa ia ko Rēkohu (TP 3/1906:7). / Robert did not know the Moriori language so when he returned to New Zealand he said the name of the island was Wharekauri, and that is the name to us and the Māori of the Chatham Island, but its actual name is Rēkohu.
2. (noun) Chatham Islander, indigenous person of the Chatham Islands.
Nō te kitenga o ngā Pākehā e haere mai ana anō tētahi ope Māori, ka pupuhi anō ngā Pākehā ka tū ētahi o ngā Moriori, kotahi i mate rawa ko Tamakororo te ingoa (TP 3/1906:7). / When the Pākehā saw another Māori group coming they shot at them wounding some of the Moriori, while one, whose name was Tamakororo, was killed.
