Story: Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga

Te Māori at the National Museum, 1986

This was the leading party for the pōwhiri (welcome) the opening of Te Māori: Te Hokinga Mai (the return home) at the National Museum in Wellington on 16 August 1986.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1986/3998

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Paora Tapsell, Māori and museums – ngā whare taonga – Te Māori and its impact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44094/te-maori-at-the-national-museum-1986 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paora Tapsell, published 28 January 2014.