 European arrivals exposed Māori to Christianity, leading to the settlements of Hiruharama, Petane and Hamaria – named after the biblical Jerusalem, Bethany and Samaria respectively.The names of the Rānana, Ātene and Karaponia settlements represent Māori-language approximations of London, Athens and California.Moriori, descendants of Māori, migrated to the Chatham Islands (off the eastern coasts of mainland New Zealand) 1500 CE and named them Rēkohu (Misty Sun).