Sweden has returned the remains of five indigenous Maori people to New Zealand.Museum officials say they handed over three skeleton parts, a near complete skeleton and a skull to visiting delegates from the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa.
Swedish museum director Goran Blomberg says human remains in Western museums are "mostly the result of colonial relationships and a racist view of the world" and Sweden is working to return them to their home countries.
Wednesday's ceremony was held at the Natural History Museum in southwestern Goteborg. It included songs and prayers.
The repatriation followed a formal request from New Zealand as part of a broader move to bring back Maori and Moriori remains from foreign museums.
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