Torotoro was a

Moriori The Moriori are the first settlers of the Chatham Islands ( in Moriori language, Moriori; in Māori language, Māori). Moriori are Polynesians who came from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 AD, which was close to the time of the ...

resident of Kaingaroa on north-east

Chatham Island Chatham Island ( ) ( Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) is the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is said to be "halfway between the equator and the pole, a ...

who was killed in a skirmish with Lieutenant Broughton's men of HMS ''Chatham'' (for which the

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ; Moriori language, Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approxima ...

were subsequently named) over a dispute concerning his fishing gear on 29 November 1791. A memorial to Torotoro is above the beach at Kaingaroa. File:Broughton_Torotoro.jpg, Plaque at the Torotoro Memorial File:Torotoro_Monument_Kaingaroa.jpg, Torotoro Memorial File:Kaingaroa_Beach.jpg, Kaingaroa wharf and beach

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