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Pitt Rivers Returns Maori Feather Cloak to New Zealand

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC · How we work

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Pitt Rivers Museum in the United Kingdom returned a Maori feather cloak to New Zealand.
The Homebound Project funded the return, describing the cloak as “crying to come home.”
Dr Lorraine Eade said the cloak’s significance is “beyond measure.”
Shane Graham said the return restores mana for Ngati Rarua.
Maori leaders gave the cloak to Dr George Cleghorn in 1900.

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Pitt Rivers Museum in the United Kingdom returned a Maori feather cloak to New Zealand.
The Homebound Project funded the return, describing the cloak as “crying to come home.”
Dr Lorraine Eade said the cloak’s significance is “beyond measure.”
Shane Graham said the return restores mana for Ngati Rarua.
Maori leaders gave the cloak to Dr George Cleghorn in 1900.