30 Jan 2018

Rapa Nui skulls returned home from NZ museums

From , 4:02 pm on 30 January 2018

Ancestral remains have been returned to representatives of the Pacific island of Rapa Nui at a ceremony near Christchurch at the weekend.

The skulls have been in the possession of the Canterbury and Otago museums for more than 70 years.

A delegation from Rapa Nui received the tipuna after a pōwhiri at Tuahiwi Marae on Saturday... Logan Church was there.

A delegation from Rapa Nui received the skulls after a pōwhiri at Tuahiwi Marae.

A delegation from Rapa Nui received the skulls after a pōwhiri at Tuahiwi Marae. Photo: RNZ / Logan Church