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Post #614098 by Club Nouméa on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 4:25 PM

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Yes, sadly in those days, Europeans had no hesitation in seeking out Maori burial sites and taking items from them; behaviour which, if it had been carried out in a European cemetery, would have been considered grave-robbing.

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