November 17, 2008
Manchester Museum to return Maori remains to New Zealand
Another success for New Zealand in securing the return of Maoris artefacts that contain human remains. Museums are willing to acknowledge now that it is right for them to return artefacts that involve human remains – with other cases though, they are still very reluctant to step forward.
From:
New Zealand Herald
British to hand back Maori remains
4:00AM Friday Nov 14, 2008A British museum will return a collection of Maori remains to New Zealand this month.
Manchester Museum said yesterday it would hand over the remains in its collection, including a Maori skull and a fish hook made from human bone, to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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