Chatham Islands Population

MORORI Population of Chatham Islands, 1800-1920 - MORORI - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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The Chatham Islands - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Chatham Islands are not sub-Antarctic. It is located 862 kilometers from Christchurch, but only 772 kilometers from Napier. They' re 45 mins ahead of New Zealand times. This archipelago comprises many small islands, but only the two major islands are inhabited: Town of Chatham Iceland, also known as R?kohu or Wharekauri, and Pitt Iceland, also known as Rangihaute or Rangi?uria.

Chatham Islands are linked to the New Zealand continent through Chatham Rise. Most of the rocks on the islands are peaty and the ground on the principal islands is both igneous and sedimented. Chatham Islands don't have big saplings. Chatham Island's waters are full of fishing. The islands are home to vast schools of marine birds.

Indigenous birdlife on the islands are some of the rarest and most threatened wildlife - the Giant Dove ( "Chatham Island Dove"), the Blackthroat and the Mt. Moriori came to the islands from Eastern Polynesia and New Zealand around 1400 AD. For about 400 years they had no contacts with other human beings and had their own civilization.

1791 an English vessel, the Chatham, deviated from course and ended up on the capital city. Later, they were joined by seals, colonists and fishermen. 1835 two M?ori groups, Ng?ti Tama and Ng?ti Mutunga, entered the Chatham Islands. Several of the whaling people remained on the islands and there were mixed marriages between the different nationalities.

Ovine breeding has been practised on the isle since 1842, but was not viable in the 21 st cent. In the 1930' a shipyard was constructed in Waitangi and in the 1940' streets were made. During the early 1960', the New Zealand authorities were considering the idea of motivating the population to move from the islands to the New Zealand continent.

Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust was established in 1991 and administers the shipyard, the airport and other island property. The capital of the Chatham Islands, it has a quay, clinic, postal service, stores, police and lodgings. Near Te One there is the central elementary college, an English Orthodox temple and the DOC-HQ.

The northeast of Chatham is K?ingaroa and was the seat of Ng?ti Tama between 1835 and 1868. The first place on the capital was probably ?wenga. From there you go to Pitt Iceland (Rangihaute or Rangi?uria). Some other small islands are all unpopulated protected areas.