Torotoro was a

Moriori The Moriori are the native Polynesian people of the Chatham Islands (''Rēkohu'' in Moriori; ' in Māori), New Zealand. Moriori originated from Māori settlers from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 CE. This was near the time of the ...

resident of Kaingaroa in the

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about te ...

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. File:Broughton_Torotoro.jpg, Plaque at the Torotoro Memorial File:Torotoro_Monument_Kaingaroa.jpg, Torotoro Memorial File:Kaingaroa_Beach.jpg, Kaingaroa Beach - below the Torotoro Memorial

References

{{Reflist, colwidth=50em Moriori people