Repatriation
Long Read: Homeward Bound
By Veronika Meduna: Moriori await the final return to the Chatham Islands of human remains recovered from institutions around the world. Audio
Long Read: Homeward Bound
By Veronika Meduna: Moriori await the final return to the Chatham Islands of human remains recovered from institutions around the world.
AudioThe Week in Detail: Museums, Mittens and the Mill
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Museums, Mittens and the Mill
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioShould museums return culturally significant items?
European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that. Audio
Should museums return culturally significant items?
European museums are stacked with cultural treasures taken from their former colonies. New thinking could change that.
AudioNGO urges swift repatriation of children with ISIS links
The humanitarian agency Save the Children is urging Western countries to swiftly repatriate the foreign women and children with links to ISIS fighters. Audio
Tokelauans heading home after months stranded in New Zealand
A handful of Tokelauans are heading home after months of waiting for the first repatriation flight. Audio
Calling Home: Merita Wi-Kaitaia in Rarotonga
Merita Wi-Kaitaia moved to Rarotonga seven years ago, having spent holidays there visiting her grandparents. After two years studying abroad in Japan, Merita returned to Rarotonga in September, with… Audio
NZ sailors who died in the UK in the 1950s being returned home
A graveside ceremony in Kent has has begun the process of bringing home two New Zealand sailors buried in the UK.
Repatriation a time for rejoicing but hurtful - campaigner
The man credited as the driving force behind the government's change in repatriation policy says he's both angry and relieved that the servicemen have finally come home. Video
Repatriation of defence personnel buried overseas starts
The first repatriation of defence force personnel buried around the world since 1955 will officially begin next week.
Ancient human remains return to New Zealand
Four overseas museums have now returned the boxed up remains of 59 Maori and Mori-ori - some up to 100 years old. And now they've been formally accepted by Te Papa in Wellington, bringing to an end… Audio
Ron Mark - Repatriating the fallen
There has been some news recently about 33 New Zealanders who died in the Malayan, Korea, and Vietnam wars. After a long campaign, members of the fallen soldier's families will finally have their… Audio, Gallery
Soldiers' bodies to be returned to NZ
In an about turn, the Government has offered to bring home the bodies of soldiers killed overseas and buried in Singapore and Malaysia between 1955 and 1971. Audio
Govt will look into repatriating bodies
The government is considering bringing home the bodies of soldiers killed in Malaysia and Vietnam, despite a longstanding policy not to repatriate all bodies of military personnel. Audio
Govt to look at bringing fallen soldiers home
The government is to investigate whether it should repatriate the bodies of military personnel who died overseas between 1948 and 1970.
Arapata Hakiwai
Arapata Hakiwai is the Kaihautu at Te Papa Tongarewa leading Matauranga Maori and the museum's engagement with iwi. He manages the Repatriation Programme, responsible for the recent return of human… Audio
David Ellis - coming home
Dr David Ellis has spent four years researching the New Zealand repatriation experience, looking at how well we cope when coming home and the influences on that experience. Audio
