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1.
Early European settlers lived in very primitive huts. A typical
'home' included a punga hut with a chimney built of sod or stones at one
end.
2. They
had to clear the land for planting crops and grazing sheep, cattle and
horses.. The land was very important.
3. Many
lived in isolation.
4. Some
were sealers, whalers or bush clearers. Others became farmers.
5. Life
was dangerous and hard for those men that were sealers.
6.
Preparation of food was usually done by women and children.
7.
Initially there were no schools, but even after the first school was
opened, harsh conditions or the need for children to work alongside
their families meant that few children went to school.
8. Wash
day was a chore for early settlers.
9. Some
early settlers married Moriori women.
10. Some
settlers understood and respected Moriori customs and beliefs, but
others didn’t.
11. When
Maori eventually invaded Rekohu, many Europeans felt threatened and they
were outnumbered by the well armed Maori warriors. Although Maori killed
many Moriori, they killed no Europeans during the invasion.
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