What the records say
- When
- Dec 1809
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 66
- Coordinates
- 35.05° S, 173.75° E
- Description
- 1809 massacre
Boyd massacre
New Zealand cannibalism incident
The Boyd massacre occurred in December 1809 when Māori of Ngāti Pou from Whangaroa Harbour in northern New Zealand killed and ate between 66 and 70 European passengers and crew members from the British brigantine Boyd. This was the highest number of Europeans killed by Māori in a single event in New Zealand.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Boyd massacre: Whangaroa Māori people kill and eat 66 crew and passengers of the brigantine Boyd in New Zealand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Boyd-Massaker in Neuseeland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page