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Their owners were killed in battle in the 18th and 19th centuries and sent to Europe where collectors had an intense fascination with strange civilisations.

The largest repatriation of Maori remains came from nine museums and a university in France which handed them over to a group of tribal representatives in Paris earlier this week.

Elders were in tears as they welcomed them home in a traditional ceremony at the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, in Wellington, where experts will try to research their heritage in order to restore them to their tribal ancestors for burial.

About 500 more tattooed heads are believed to be held in other museums in Europe and the United States, which are reluctant to repatriate them for fear of setting precedents for the return of artefacts.

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Jan 27, 2012

maneater

.......... and the moral of this story........ white people are crazy.
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Jan 27, 2012

queenzo

@Sowetan so what was the emotional part?
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Jan 27, 2012

Tabza325is

@maneater, the moral of the story is they can return any thing stolen accept for land, Gold and Diamonds.
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Jan 27, 2012

Sipho2001

@maneater

In africa people are k illed to make muti- tell me what is the difference?
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Jan 27, 2012

Osirus

It could only be them sick neanderthal europeans who will take the heads of black people home with them to look at.
But yet here we are in 2012 and we still have not kicked the sick neanderthal's out of south africa Azania when will we rise up tell me when??
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