20 Feb 2025

Two Moriori ancestors return home

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 20 February 2025

Two Moriori karapuna have been repatriated from the National Museum of Canberra after years of collaboration between Australian First Nations people, the University of Canberra and delegates from the Chatham Islands Moriori community.

The occasion was marked by a moving powhiri at Te Papa, where they will rest until they can return home to Rekohu Chatham Islands.

Joining Jesse to talk about this latest repatriation and the broader kaupapa of bringing Moriori ancestors' home, is Belinda Williamson, who played a key role in facilitating the return from Canberra.