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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
AotearoaNew ZealandMāori | NounAotearoa 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).
| 2023 | Museum der kulturen Basel | Basel | Switzerland |
| State Ethnographic and Art Collections of Saxony | Leipzig | Germany | |
| Reiss Engelhorn Museums | Mannheim | Germany | |
| Linden Museum | Stuttgart | Germany | |
| Stuttgart State Natural History Museum | Stuttgart | Germany | |
| Georg-August University | Goettingen | Germany | |
| Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum | Hildesheim | Germany | |
| Museum Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden | Germany | |
| 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 | |
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2016 |
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
Washington D.C |
United States of America |
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Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College |
Amherst (MA) |
United States of America |
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Falconer Museum |
Forres (Moray) Scotland |
United Kingdom |
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Sheffield Museum |
Sheffield, England |
United Kingdom |
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Metropolitan Grand Chapter, Freemasons |
London, England |
United Kingdom |
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2015 |
Weltmuseum Wien |
Vienna |
Austria |
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Private collection of Dr Alan Rubin |
Philadelphia (PA) |
United States of America |
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2014 |
Milwaukee Public Museum |
Milwaukee (WI) |
United States of America |
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American Museum of Natural History |
New York (NY) |
United States of America |
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Musée d’Ethnographie – Long term loan in 1992 officially transferred to repatriation agreement. |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
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2013 |
Natural History Museum |
Rhode Island (RI) |
United States of America |
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Peabody Essex Museum |
Salem (MA) |
United States of America |
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Wellcome Trust |
London |
England |
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University of Birmingham |
Birmingham |
England |
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Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery |
Guernsey |
Guernsey Island |
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Royal College of Surgeons Ireland |
Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
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Warrington Museum & Art Gallery |
Warrington |
England |
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2012 |
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle |
Paris |
France |
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Musée National de la Marine |
Paris |
France |
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Musée du Quai Branly |
Paris |
France |
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Museum de Nantes |
Nantes |
France |
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Museum de Lille |
Lille |
France |
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Musée des Beaux Arts |
Dunkurque |
France |
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Musée des Confluences |
Lyon |
France |
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Musée des Sens |
Sens |
France |
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Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens de Marseille |
Marseille |
France |
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Université de Montpellier |
Montpellier |
France |
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Western Australian Museum |
Perth |
Australia |
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Shellshear Museum, University of Sydney |
Sydney |
Australia |
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Stanford University |
San Francisco |
United States of America |
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
Montreal City |
Canada |
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Professor H B Fell, Private Collection |
Oklahoma |
United States of America |
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2011 |
Lund University |
Lund |
Sweden |
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Frankfurt Museum of World Cultures |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
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Senckenburg Museum of World Cultures |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
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Oslo University, Department of Anatomy |
Oslo |
Norway |
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Oslo University Museum of Cultural History |
Oslo |
Norway |
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Rouen Museum of Natural History |
Rouen |
France |
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2009 |
Macleay Museum University of Sydney |
Sydney |
Australia |
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Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales |
Cardiff |
Wales |
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Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
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The Museum of World Culture/Vårldskultur Museet |
Gothenburg |
Sweden |
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Gothenburg Museum of Natural History |
Gothenburg |
Sweden |
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Trinity College |
Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
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2008 |
Royal Ontario Museum |
Toronto |
Canada |
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Canadian Museum of Civilisation |
Ottawa |
Canada |
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University of British Columbia |
Vancouver |
Canada |
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Oxford Museum of Natural History |
Oxford |
England |
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British Museum (partial approval for kōiwi tangata only) |
London |
England |
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Manchester Museum |
Manchester |
England |
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Cuming Museum |
London |
England |
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National Museums of Scotland Department of Zoology and Geology |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
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2007 |
Marischal Museum |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
| Field Museum | Chicago (IL) | United States of America | |
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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery |
Tasmania |
Australia |
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National Museums Australia |
Canberra |
Australia |
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Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO |
Canberra |
Australia |
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Institute of Anatomy |
Canberra |
Australia |
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National Museums Liverpool |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
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Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery |
Plymouth |
United Kingdom |
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Royal College of Surgeons of England |
London |
United Kingdom |
| Hancock Museum | Newcastle | England | |
| Bexhill Museum | Sussex | England | |
| Swansea Museum | Swansea | Wales | |
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University College of London |
London |
United Kingdom |
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2006 |
Uberseemuseum |
Bremen |
Germany |
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2005 |
University of Melbourne |
Melbourne |
Australia |
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge |
Cambridge |
England |
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Museum Victoria |
Melbourne |
Australia |
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State Coroner’s Office |
Melbourne |
Australia |
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Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde |
Leiden |
Netherlands |
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
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Suffolk Regiment Museum |
Suffolk |
England |
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Perth Art Gallery and Museum |
Perth |
Scotland |
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Saffron Walden Museum |
Essex |
England |
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Leeds Museum |
Leeds |
England |
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Royal Albert Memorial Art Gallery & Museum |
Exeter |
England |
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2004 |
Museo Ethnográfico |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
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Bishop Museum, Hawai’i & National Burials Programme |
Hawai'i |
United States of America |
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2001 |
Australian Museum |
Sydney |
Australia |
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2000 |
South Australian Museum |
Adelaide |
Australia |
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1999 |
University of Edinburgh |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
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National Museums of Scotland |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
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1998 |
National Museum of Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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Queensland Museum |
Brisbane |
Australia |
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Whitby Museum |
Leeds |
England |
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Scarborough Museum |
North Yorkshire |
England |
| Australian Museum | Sydney | Australia | |
| Woburn Abbey | Bedfordshire | England | |
| University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
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1996 |
Royal Albert Memorial Museum |
Exeter |
England |
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Lichfield Museum, Staffordshire |
Staffordshire |
England |
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Sheffield City Museum and Mappin Art Gallery |
Sheffield |
England |
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1994 |
Manchester Museum |
Manchester |
England |
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New Zealand High Commission |
London |
England |
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1992 |
Musée d’Ethnographie (long term loan only). Please refer to 2014 |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
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Museum for Volkerkunde |
Basel |
Switzerland |
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1991 |
Ulster Museum |
Belfast |
Ireland |
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Museum für Völkerkunde |
Hamburg | Germany |
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1990 |
Museum of Victoria |
Melbourne |
Australia |
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National Museum Ireland |
Dublin |
Ireland |
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Museum of Ethnology |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
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| Manchester Museum | Manchester | England | |
| 1989 | Woburn Abbey | Bedfordshire | England |
| 1989 | Australian Museum | Sydney | Australia |
| 1985 | Museum für Volkerkunde | Vienna | Austria |
