to return to Aotearoa
After almost 80 years of negotiations with Austria, more than 60 Māori and Moriori ancestral remains will return to Aotearoa.
The remains of around 64 individuals will be repatriated from Vienna's Natural History Museum which is the largest repatriation from Austria.
Records show 49 of these ancestors were collected by Austrian taxidermist and notorious grave-robber Andreas Reischek who spent 12 years in New Zealand from 1877 to 1889.
A delegation from Aotearoa will attend a formal handover ceremony tonight at Vienna's Natural History Museum, followed by a pōwhiri on Sunday at Te Papa.
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