Wharekauri (Rekohu) - Wharekauri (Chathams)
Useful Books
- A decade of disasters : the Chatham Islands from 1866 to 1875 / compiled by Rhys Richards and Bill Carter.
"A major tsunami in 1868 havoc on the north coast of the island, wiping out a complete village and farm houses. It was seen as an omen by Maori who were already committed to a return to Taranaki to compete for the return of ancestral lands, in spite of active opposition by the Government. The Hau Hau prisoners finally had enough and found Te Kooti's religious fervour a catalyst to their seizing by force an incoming ship to take them back to the East Coast. It proved a major new event and a grave embarrassment to the Government that had reduced the guard to a few men not long before as an economy measure. Not long after, most of the Maori left for Taranaki and for the first time in 25 years the small number of Moriori surviving actually outnumbered both Maori and Europeans. But island life also went on. As well as the newspaper stories, the book includes some of the first photographs taken by Samuel Barker in 1874, W H Rau in 1874 and Alfred Martin in 1874." (National Library) - Beattie, Herries, Moriori. 1993.
- Evans, Jeff. Nga waka o nehera : the first voyaging canoes. Auckland : Reed Books, 1997.
- Holmes, D. My seventy years on the Chatham Islands : reminiscences. Christchurch : Shoal Bay Press, 1993.
- King, Michael. A land apart : the Chatham islands of New Zealand. Auckland : Random Century, 1990.
- King, Michael. Moriori : a people rediscovered. Rev. ed. Auckland : Viking, 2000.
- Richards, Rhys. The Moriori of Rēkohu : t'chakat henu = people of the land.
- Shand, Alexander. The Moriori people of the Chatham Islands : their history and traditions. 1911.
- Skinner, H.D. The Morioris, by H.D. Skinner and William Baucke. Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
- Skinner, H.D. The Morioris of Chatham Islands. 1923.
- Wills Johnson, Te Miria Kate. The people of the Chathams : true tales of the islanders' early days. Martinborough : GWJ Pubs, 1994.