Torotoro (Moriori)
Moriori fisherman shot and killed by British sailors
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Torotoro was a Moriori resident of Kaingaroa on north-east Chatham Island who was killed in a skirmish with Lieutenant Broughton's men of HMS Chatham (for which the Chatham Islands were subsequently named) over a dispute concerning his fishing gear on 29 November 1791.[1] A memorial to Torotoro is above the beach at Kaingaroa.
Plaque at the Torotoro Memorial
Torotoro Memorial
Kaingaroa wharf and beach
