Morirori

The largest ever repatriation of ancestral Maori and Moriori remains have been welcomed back with a moving ceremony at Te Papa Tongarewa. Audio

To the Chatham Islands, where 160 Moriori tree carvings remain even as the Department of Conservation has been criticised in the past for not doing enough to preserve them. Audio

The Moriori community is shocked and saddened after an ancient Moriori tree carving, aged between two-hundred and five-hundred years old, was vandalised at a Historic Reserve on the Chatham Islands. Audio

Moriori dendroglyphs, or tree carvings, are unique to the Chatham Islands, and are found on fewer than 200 trees. Many of these trees are dying. Audio

For, Maui Solomon, the recognition crowns a 25 year renaissance for his people. Audio