The Karanga Aotearoa Repatriation Programme
Find out how the programme came into existence, how negotiations for repatriation are carried out, and what happens when the Māori and Moriori ancestral remains arrive at Te Papa.
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).
|
Year |
Institute |
City |
Country |
|
2025 |
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University |
Boston (MA) |
United States of America |
|
2025 |
National Museum of Australia |
Canberra |
Australia |
|
2023 |
Museum der kulturen Basel |
Basel |
Switzerland |
|
2022 |
State Ethnographic and Art Collections of Saxony |
Leipzig |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Reiss Engelhorn Museums |
Mannheim |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Linden Museum |
Stuttgart |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Stuttgart State Natural History Museum |
Stuttgart |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Georg-August University |
Goettingen |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum |
Hildesheim |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Museum Wiesbaden |
Wiesbaden |
Germany |
|
2022 |
Natural History Museum |
Vienna |
Austria |
|
2022 |
Natural History Museum |
London |
England |
|
2020 |
Ethnologisches Museum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
Berlin |
Germany |
|
2019 |
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
Göttingen |
Germany |
|
2019 |
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
Berlin |
Germany |
|
2018 |
Museum Vrolik |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
|
2018 |
De Young Museum |
San Francisco |
United States of America |
|
2017 |
Yale Peabody Museum |
Connecticut |
United States of America |
|
2017 |
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum of World Cultures |
Cologne |
Germany |
|
2017 |
Karolinska Institutet |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
|
2016 |
Pitt Rivers Museum |
Oxford, England |
United Kingdom |
|
2016 |
Übersee Museum |
Bremen |
Germany |
|
2016 |
Manchester University Museum |
Manchester, England |
United Kingdom |
|
2016 |
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
Washington D.C |
United States of America |
|
2015 |
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College |
Amherst (MA) |
United States of America |
|
2015 |
Falconer Museum |
Forres (Moray) Scotland |
United Kingdom |
|
2015 |
Sheffield Museum |
Sheffield, England |
United Kingdom |
|
2015 |
Metropolitan Grand Chapter, Freemasons |
London, England |
United Kingdom |
|
2015 |
Weltmuseum Wien |
Vienna |
Austria |
|
2014 |
Private collection of Dr Alan Rubin |
Philadelphia (PA) |
United States of America |
|
2014 |
Milwaukee Public Museum |
Milwaukee (WI) |
United States of America |
|
2013 |
American Museum of Natural History |
New York (NY) |
United States of America |
|
2013 |
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 |
|
2012 |
Peabody Essex Museum |
Salem (MA) |
United States of America |
|
2012 |
Wellcome Trust |
London |
England |
|
2012 |
University of Birmingham |
Birmingham |
England |
|
2012 |
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery |
Guernsey |
Guernsey Island |
|
2012 |
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland |
Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
|
2012 |
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery |
Warrington |
England |
|
2012 |
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle |
Paris |
France |
|
2011 |
Musée National de la Marine |
Paris |
France |
|
2011 |
Musée du Quai Branly |
Paris |
France |
|
2011 |
Museum de Nantes |
Nantes |
France |
|
2011 |
Museum de Lille |
Lille |
France |
|
2011 |
Musée des Beaux Arts |
Dunkurque |
France |
|
2011 |
Musée des Confluences |
Lyon |
France |
|
2011 |
Musée des Sens |
Sens |
France |
|
2011 |
Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens de Marseille |
Marseille |
France |
|
2011 |
Université de Montpellier |
Montpellier |
France |
|
2011 |
Western Australian Museum |
Perth |
Australia |
|
2011 |
Shellshear Museum, University of Sydney |
Sydney |
Australia |
|
2011 |
Stanford University |
San Francisco |
United States of America |
|
2011 |
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
Montreal City |
Canada |
|
2011 |
Professor H B Fell, Private Collection |
Oklahoma |
United States of America |
|
2011 |
Lund University |
Lund |
Sweden |
|
2009 |
Frankfurt Museum of World Cultures |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
|
2009 |
Senckenburg Museum of World Cultures |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
|
2009 |
Oslo University, Department of Anatomy |
Oslo |
Norway |
|
2009 |
Oslo University Museum of Cultural History |
Oslo |
Norway |
|
2009 |
Rouen Museum of Natural History |
Rouen |
France |
|
2009 |
Macleay Museum University of Sydney |
Sydney |
Australia |
|
2008 |
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales |
Cardiff |
Wales |
|
2008 |
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
|
2008 |
The Museum of World Culture/Vårldskultur Museet |
Gothenburg |
Sweden |
|
2008 |
Gothenburg Museum of Natural History |
Gothenburg |
Sweden |
|
2008 |
Trinity College |
Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
|
2008 |
Royal Ontario Museum |
Toronto |
Canada |
|
2007 |
Canadian Museum of Civilisation |
Ottawa |
Canada |
|
2007 |
University of British Columbia |
Vancouver |
Canada |
|
2007 |
Oxford Museum of Natural History |
Oxford |
England |
|
2007 |
British Museum (partial approval for kōiwi tangata only) |
London |
England |
|
2007 |
Manchester Museum |
Manchester |
England |
|
2007 |
Cuming Museum |
London |
England |
|
2007 |
National Museums of Scotland Department of Zoology and Geology |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
|
2007 |
Marischal Museum |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
|
2006 |
Field Museum |
Chicago (IL) |
United States of America |
|
2006 |
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery |
Tasmania |
Australia |
|
2006 |
National Museums Australia |
Canberra |
Australia |
|
2006 |
Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO |
Canberra |
Australia |
|
2006 |
Institute of Anatomy |
Canberra |
Australia |
|
2006 |
National Museums Liverpool |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
|
2006 |
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery |
Plymouth |
United Kingdom |
|
2006 |
Royal College of Surgeons of England |
London |
United Kingdom |
|
2006 |
Hancock Museum |
Newcastle |
England |
|
2006 |
Bexhill Museum |
Sussex |
England |
|
2006 |
Swansea Museum |
Swansea |
Wales |
|
2006 |
University College of London |
London |
United Kingdom |
|
2006 |
Uberseemuseum |
Bremen |
Germany |
|
2005 |
University of Melbourne |
Melbourne |
Australia |
|
2004 |
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge |
Cambridge |
England |
|
2004 |
Museum Victoria |
Melbourne |
Australia |
|
2004 |
State Coroner’s Office |
Melbourne |
Australia |
|
2004 |
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde |
Leiden |
Netherlands |
|
2004 |
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
|
2004 |
Suffolk Regiment Museum |
Suffolk |
England |
|
2004 |
Perth Art Gallery and Museum |
Perth |
Scotland |
|
2004 |
Saffron Walden Museum |
Essex |
England |
|
2004 |
Leeds Museum |
Leeds |
England |
|
2004 |
Royal Albert Memorial Art Gallery & Museum |
Exeter |
England |
|
2004 |
Museo Ethnográfico |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
|
2001 |
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 |
|
1998 |
National Museums of Scotland |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
|
1998 |
National Museum of Denmark |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
1996 |
Queensland Museum |
Brisbane |
Australia |
|
1996 |
Whitby Museum |
Leeds |
England |
|
1996 |
Scarborough Museum |
North Yorkshire |
England |
|
1996 |
Australian Museum |
Sydney |
Australia |
|
1996 |
Woburn Abbey |
Bedfordshire |
England |
|
1996 |
University of Edinburgh |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
|
1996 |
Royal Albert Memorial Museum |
Exeter |
England |
|
1994 |
Lichfield Museum, Staffordshire |
Staffordshire |
England |
|
1994 |
Sheffield City Museum and Mappin Art Gallery |
Sheffield |
England |
|
1994 |
Manchester Museum |
Manchester |
England |
|
1992 |
New Zealand High Commission |
London |
England |
|
1992 |
Musée d’Ethnographie (long term loan only). Please refer to 2014 |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
|
1991 |
Museum for Volkerkunde |
Basel |
Switzerland |
|
1991 |
Ulster Museum |
Belfast |
Ireland |
|
1990 |
Museum für Völkerkunde |
Hamburg |
Germany |
|
1990 |
Museum of Victoria |
Melbourne |
Australia |
|
1989 |
National Museum Ireland |
Dublin |
Ireland |
|
1989 |
Museum of Ethnology |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
|
1989 |
Manchester Museum |
Manchester |
England |
|
1989 |
Woburn Abbey |
Bedfordshire |
England |
|
1989 |
Australian Museum |
Sydney |
Australia |
|
1985 |
Museum für Volkerkunde |
Vienna |
Austria |
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