Chatham Is Moriori are undergoing a cultural renaissance

The Moriori of the Chatham Islands are undergoing a cultural renaissance.

On a small island 800km to the south-east of New Zealand there stands a life-sized statue of a man whose memory embodies a tragic aspect of New Zealand history. He is now remembered by his anglicised name Tommy Solomon. He died in 1933 and was thought to have been the last full-blooded Moriori. "In Conversation with Noel Cheer" on Triangle/Stratos Television discusses the re-birth of the Moriori of Rekohu with his grandson, Maui Solomon.
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Stratos Television, nationwide: Monday March 7th at 7:30pm. (Note the re-scheduled time). Repeated Wednesday March 9th at 6:30am and Friday March 11th at 12:30pm.
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**Triangle Television, Auckland: (UHF Channels 41, 42 and 52), Wednesday March 9th, 7:00pm. Repeated Friday March 11th at 12:30pm

**Stratos is found on Sky Digital Channel 89 and on Freeview (both satellite and HD terrestrial) Channel 21. Stratos is found also on Telstraclear Cable Channel 89 in Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch and on the streaming television website ecasttv.co.nz

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