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