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Kōrero: Chatham Islands

Moriori rock carvings

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Moriori rock carvings

As well as creating tree carvings, Moriori also carved designs in limestone. Some of these petroglyphs are still visible.

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Hokotehi Moriori Trust

by Sharon Pirika

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Rhys Richards, Chatham Islands – From first settlement to 1860, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37791/moriori-rock-carvings (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhys Richards, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.