The Moriori history is so fascinating because not only do we talk about the peaceful resistance, the wairua of the people, but we're talking about a group of people who've been used and abused by everyone—politicians, historians—when they talk about history. There was a whole divide and rule strategy that not just the Crown embarked on; too many of our own people embarked on: Māori, Pākehā, historians, politicians. 