The Boyd Massacre occurred in 1809 when Māori residents of Whangaroa Harbour in northern New Zealand killed and ate between 66 and 70 people as revenge for the whipping of a young Māori chief[2] by the crew of the sailing ship Boyd. This was reputedly the highest number of Europeans killed by Māori in a single event, and the incident is also one of the bloodiest instances of cannibalism on record. In retribution,[3] European whalers attacked the island pa of Chief Te Pahi about 60 km south-east,[2] in the possibly mistaken belief that he ordered the killings. About 60 Maori and one European died in the clash.[3] News of the events delayed the first missionary visits to the country, and caused the number of shipping visits to fall to "almost nothing" over the next few years.[4]
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