{"id":51806,"date":"2023-01-12T10:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T01:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/12\/maori-tribe-sothebys-relics-auction-new-zealand"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T01:25:23","slug":"we-are-inextricably-linked-maori-tribe-urges-sothebys-to-return-relics-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=51806","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are inextricably linked\u2019: M\u0101ori tribe urges Sotheby\u2019s to return relics up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand tribe says only a handful of its cultural taonga, or treasures, are left after successive waves of looting during colonial times<\/p>\n<p>A M\u0101ori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured relics listed for sale by the auction house Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The auctioneer is in the process of selling a number of M\u0101ori artefacts from around the 18th and 19th century \u2013 some of which local tribes say are crucial cultural taonga (treasures) and should be returned.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/12\/maori-tribe-sothebys-relics-auction-new-zealand\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand tribe says only a handful of its cultural taonga, or treasures, are left after successive waves of looting during colonial timesA M\u0101ori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured relics listed for sale by the auction house &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,897,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-maori","category-new-zealand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51807,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51806\/revisions\/51807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}