Austria returns Indigenous remains to NZ

Updated October 2 2022 - 5:08pm, first published 5:03pm
Stolen remains of Indigenous New Zealanders have been returned to the Te Papa museum in Wellington. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)
Stolen remains of Indigenous New Zealanders have been returned to the Te Papa museum in Wellington. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

The remains of about 64 Indigenous New Zealanders stolen in the 19th century have been sent back to New Zealand from Austria after more than 70 years of negotiations.

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