Tommy Solomon

Tame deer Horomona ( born May 7, 1884 in Waikaripi, Chatham Iceland, † March 19, 1933 in Manukau, Owenga, Chatham Iceland ), in English known as Tommy Solomon, was a farmer on the Chatham Islands and the last surviving Moriori in New Zealand, the not a mixed marriage came from. With his death, the people of the Moriori was officially extinct.

Life and work

Tame deer Horomona was born on 7 May 1884 as the only surviving child of Rangitapua Horomona deer and Ihimaera Te Teira in Waikaripi on the Chatham Iceland. His parents were members of the Owenga and Otonga strains. In 1897 he left the Primary School by his father to help in the country.

On September 30, 1903 he married Ada Fowler, who came from the Ngai Tahu iwi - of Arowhenua. The marriage produced no children were born. Tame deer Horomona was a sheep farmer and built his farm near Manukau Point in the southeast of the main island on 1,800 acres with 7,000 sheep from. His father and his wife died in 1915. A year later he married on October 21, 1916, the niece of his wife. You should raise five children.

In 1924 he joined the political-religious Ratana movement. Guests who came to the Chathams to study the history of the Moriori and to carry out investigations were always referred to it and descendants of Moriori saw him as their community leader. Through his commitment, he promoted the sport on the islands, which earned him additional recognition. His reputation was also supported by its occurrence and always dressed in a dark suit stately stature. Weights about him fluctuated 22-30 Stones ( 140-190 kg).

Tame Horomona deer died on March 19, 1933 of pneumonia and heart failure. In his honor, a life-size statue of him was at the end of the road to the Manukau Point in the southeast of the island Rekohu set as a memorial.