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3/1/2024, 10:56 AM myre36915 Added info on Koche.
2/19/2024, 6:23 PM myre36915
2/19/2024, 5:12 PM myre36915 Added citations concerning Moriori slaves and info concerning them.
2/15/2024, 2:07 PM myre36915

Name Rangihaute
Type Island
Usage Moriori
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

This is the name the Moriori gave Pitt Island in the Chatham Archipelago. On this island Moriori slaves hid from Maori masters during the Moriori enslavement. One of these slaves include a man named Koche, a popular (among the Moriori) son of a Moriori chief, who escape from his Maori master.
Added 2/15/2024 by myre36915