Finally, during much of the 20th century, New Zealand school journals falsely taught a history that the Moriori were the original inhabitants of New Zealand before being driven to the Chatham Islands by the Māori. This whole history used the Moriori to create false impressions about the history of Māori in New Zealand, and portrayed Moriori as an inferior race. This false history had a significant impact on Moriori, especially Moriori children, who learnt this history at school.