International repatriationTe whakahoki tūpuna mai i rāwāhi

Returning Māori ancestral remains to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Te Papa has returned close to 850 Māori ancestors to Aotearoa by repatriating ancestral remains, including Toi moko, from around the world.

Neke atu i te 850 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).

2023Museum der kulturen BaselBaselSwitzerland
 State Ethnographic and Art Collections of SaxonyLeipzigGermany
 Reiss Engelhorn MuseumsMannheimGermany
 Linden MuseumStuttgartGermany
 Stuttgart State Natural History MuseumStuttgartGermany
 Georg-August UniversityGoettingenGermany
 Roemer und Pelizaeus MuseumHildesheimGermany
 Museum WiesbadenWiesbadenGermany
2022Natural History MuseumViennaAustria
2022Natural History MuseumLondonEngland
2020Ethnologisches Museum, Stiftung Preußischer KulturbesitzBerlinGermany
 Georg-August-Universität GöttingenGöttingenGermany
2019Charité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlinGermany
 Museum VrolikAmsterdamNetherlands
2018De Young MuseumSan FranciscoUnited States of America
 Yale Peabody MuseumConnecticutUnited States of America
 Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum of World CulturesCologneGermany
2017Karolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
 Pitt Rivers MuseumOxford, EnglandUnited Kingdom
 Übersee MuseumBremenGermany
 Manchester University MuseumManchester, EnglandUnited 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 MuseumChicago (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 MuseumNewcastleEngland
 Bexhill MuseumSussexEngland
 Swansea MuseumSwanseaWales

 

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 MuseumSydneyAustralia
 Woburn AbbeyBedfordshireEngland
 University of EdinburghEdinburghScotland

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

HamburgGermany

1990

Museum of Victoria

Melbourne

Australia

 

National Museum Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

 

Museum of Ethnology

Stockholm

Sweden

 Manchester MuseumManchesterEngland
1989Woburn AbbeyBedfordshireEngland
1989Australian MuseumSydneyAustralia
1985Museum für VolkerkundeViennaAustria