International repatriation Te whakahoki tūpuna mai i rāwāhi

Returning Māori ancestral remains to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Te Papa has returned over 600 Māori ancestors to Aotearoa

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Aotearoa New Zealand
by repatriating ancestral remains, including toi mokotoi moko tattooed preserved heads, from around the world.

Neke atu i te 600 ngā tūpuna kua whakahokia mai e Te Papa ki Aotearoa. He nui tonu ngā kōiwi, ngā toi moko kei ngā kohinga taonga kei rāwāhi e mau ana, kei ngā kohinga puta noa i te ao.

International repatriations to date | Ngā tūpuna kua whakahokia mai

This record includes international repatriations carried out prior to the establishment of our dedicated Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme.

E rārangi mai ana te whakahokinga mai o ngā tūpuna i rāwāhi (kua rārangi mai hoki ngā tūpuna nō mua noa atu i a Karanga Aotearoa).

2022 Natural History Museum Vienna Austria
2022 Natural History Museum London England
2020 Ethnologisches Museum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin Germany
  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Göttingen Germany
2019 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin Germany
  Museum Vrolik Amsterdam Netherlands
2018 De Young Museum San Francisco United States of America
  Yale Peabody Museum Connecticut United States of America
  Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum of World Cultures Cologne Germany
2017 Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
  Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford, England United Kingdom
  Übersee Museum Bremen Germany
  Manchester University Museum Manchester, England United Kingdom

2016

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Washington D.C

United States of America

 

Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College

Amherst (MA)

United States of America

 

Falconer Museum

Forres (Moray) Scotland

United Kingdom

 

Sheffield Museum

Sheffield, England

United Kingdom

 

Metropolitan Grand Chapter, Freemasons

London, England

United Kingdom

2015

 Weltmuseum Wien

Vienna

Austria

 

 Private collection of Dr Alan Rubin

Philadelphia (PA)

United States of America

2014

 Milwaukee Public Museum

Milwaukee (WI)

United States of America

 

 American Museum of Natural History

New York (NY)

United States of America

 

Musée d’Ethnographie – Long term loan in 1992 officially transferred to repatriation agreement. 

Geneva

Switzerland

2013

 Natural History Museum

Rhode Island (RI)

United States of America

 

 Peabody Essex Museum

Salem (MA)

United States of America

 

 Wellcome Trust

London

England

 

 University of Birmingham

Birmingham

England

 

 Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery

Guernsey

Guernsey Island

 

 Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

Dublin

Republic of Ireland

 

 Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

Warrington

England

2012

Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle

Paris

France

 

Musée National de la Marine

Paris

France

 

Musée du Quai Branly

Paris

France

 

Museum de Nantes

Nantes

France

 

Museum de Lille

Lille

France

 

Musée des Beaux Arts

Dunkurque

France

 

Musée des Confluences

Lyon

France

 

Musée des Sens

Sens

France

 

Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens de Marseille

Marseille

France

 

Université de Montpellier

Montpellier

France

 

Western Australian Museum

Perth

Australia

 

Shellshear Museum, University of Sydney

Sydney

Australia

 

Stanford University

San Francisco

United States of America

 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Montreal City

Canada

 

Professor H B Fell, Private Collection

Oklahoma

United States of America

 2011

Lund University

Lund

Sweden

 

Frankfurt Museum of World Cultures

Frankfurt

Germany

 

Senckenburg Museum of World Cultures

Frankfurt

Germany

 

Oslo University, Department of Anatomy

Oslo

Norway

 

Oslo University Museum of Cultural History

Oslo

Norway

 

Rouen Museum of Natural History

Rouen

France

2009

Macleay Museum University of Sydney

Sydney

Australia

 

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Cardiff

Wales

 

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow

Glasgow

Scotland

 

The Museum of World Culture/Vårldskultur Museet

Gothenburg

Sweden

 

Gothenburg Museum of Natural History

Gothenburg

Sweden

 

Trinity College

Dublin

Republic of Ireland

2008

Royal Ontario Museum

Toronto

Canada

 

Canadian Museum of Civilisation

Ottawa

Canada

 

University of British Columbia

Vancouver

Canada

 

Oxford Museum of Natural History

Oxford

England

 

British Museum (partial approval for kōiwi tangata only)

London

England

 

Manchester Museum

Manchester

England

 

Cuming Museum

London

England

 

National Museums of Scotland Department of Zoology and Geology

Glasgow

Scotland

2007

Marischal Museum

Aberdeen

Scotland

  Field Museum Chicago (IL) United States of America

 

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Tasmania

Australia

 

National Museums Australia

Canberra

Australia

 

Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO

Canberra

Australia

 

Institute of Anatomy

Canberra

Australia

 

National Museums Liverpool

Liverpool

United Kingdom

 

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery

Plymouth

United Kingdom

 

Royal College of Surgeons of England

London

United Kingdom

  Hancock Museum Newcastle England
  Bexhill Museum Sussex England
  Swansea Museum Swansea Wales

 

University College of London

London

United Kingdom

2006

Uberseemuseum

Bremen

Germany

2005

University of Melbourne

Melbourne

Australia

 

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

England

 

Museum Victoria

Melbourne

Australia

 

State Coroner’s Office

Melbourne

Australia

 

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde

Leiden

Netherlands

 

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Glasgow

Scotland

 

Suffolk Regiment Museum

Suffolk

England

 

Perth Art Gallery and Museum

Perth

Scotland

 

Saffron Walden Museum

Essex

England

 

Leeds Museum

Leeds

England

 

Royal Albert Memorial Art Gallery & Museum

Exeter

England

2004

Museo Ethnográfico

Buenos Aires

Argentina

 

Bishop Museum, Hawai’i & National Burials Programme

Hawai'i

United States of America

2001

Australian Museum

Sydney

Australia

2000

South Australian Museum

Adelaide

Australia

1999

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Scotland

 

National Museums of Scotland

Edinburgh

Scotland

1998

National Museum of Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

 

Queensland Museum

Brisbane

Australia

 

Whitby Museum

Leeds

England

 

Scarborough Museum

North Yorkshire

England

  Australian Museum Sydney Australia
  Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire England
  University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Scotland

1996

Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Exeter

England

 

Lichfield Museum, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

England

 

Sheffield City Museum and Mappin Art Gallery

Sheffield

England

1994

Manchester Museum

Manchester

England

 

New Zealand High Commission

London

England

1992

Musée d’Ethnographie (long term loan only).  Please refer to 2014

Geneva

Switzerland

 

Museum for Volkerkunde

Basel

Switzerland

1991

Ulster Museum

Belfast

Ireland

 

Museum für Völkerkunde

Hamburg Germany

1990

Museum of Victoria

Melbourne

Australia

 

National Museum Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

 

Museum of Ethnology

Stockholm

Sweden

  Manchester Museum Manchester England
1989 Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire England
1989 Australian Museum Sydney Australia
1985 Museum für Volkerkunde Vienna Austria