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  2. This Horrid Practice - Wikipedia

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    Māori cannibalism is a sensitive topic in New Zealand, and Moon anticipated that the book would be negatively received by some. [3] The book prompted an anonymous but formal complaint to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, arguing that it "describes the whole of Maori society as violent and dangerous. This is a clearly racist view ...

  3. Cannibalism in Oceania - Wikipedia

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    Cannibalism used to be widespread in parts of Fiji (once nicknamed the "Cannibal Isles"), [1] among the Māori people of New Zealand, and in the Marquesas Islands. [2] It was also practised in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and human flesh was sold at markets in some Melanesian islands. [3]

  4. Moriori genocide - Wikipedia

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    The Moriori genocide was the mass murder, enslavement, and cannibalism [1] of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of the mainland Māori New Zealand iwi Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama from 1835 to 1863. The invaders murdered around 300 Moriori and enslaved the remaining population. [2]

  5. Boyd massacre - Wikipedia

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    Boyd was a 395-ton brigantine that had brought convicts to New South Wales and then in October 1809 sailed from Australia's Sydney Cove to Whangaroa on the east coast of New Zealand's Northland Peninsula to pick up kauri spars. The ship was under the command of Captain John Thompson and carried about 70 people.

  6. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Cannibalism has been well documented in much of the world, including Fiji (once nicknamed the "Cannibal Isles"), [9] the Amazon Basin, the Congo, and the Māori people of New Zealand. [10] Cannibalism was also practised in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and human flesh was sold at markets in some parts of Melanesia [11] and of ...

  7. Places where modern day cannibalism still exists - AOL

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    Photos of cannibals around the world: In India, exiled Aghori monks of Varanasi drink from human skulls and eat human flesh as part of their rituals to find spiritual enlightenment.

  8. Cannibalism was a common funeral ritual in Europe 15,000 ...

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    Cannibalism was a routine funerary practice in Europe about 15,000 years ago, with people eating their dead not out of necessity but rather as part of their culture, according to a new study.

  9. FACT CHECK: Was A Vote In New Zealand Parliament ... - AOL

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    Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...