as ancestral Māori remains repatriated
"It's a great day because our ancestors are home," said Dr Arapata Hakiwai, Māori co-leader at Te Papa Museum, after a repatriation powhiri for the return of Maori and Moriori ancestral remains in Wellington this morning.
Dr Hakiwai described the removal of approximately 64 individuals, most taken by Austrian taxidermist and notorious grave-robber Andreas Reischek as "a dark chapter in our history."
"It's a dark past because, we know there were a lot of people – Reischek is just one of them – many people who collected and stole our ancestors," he said.
Link to article: Dark day in history put right as ancestral Māori remains repatriated - NZ Herald
