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Kōrero: Chatham Islands

Whaler and wife

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Whaler and wife

Whalers made their homes on the Chatham Islands from around 1840 and many, including Bill Tennent (pictured here), married local Māori or Moriori women. Many Chatham Island families descend from these unions.

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Nantucket Historical Association

Reference: P1978

by W.H. Rau

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rhys Richards, Chatham Islands – From first settlement to 1860, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37794/whaler-and-wife (accessed 24 June 2026).

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