Maori Montunui Wood Panels
Description:
Wood: Motonui Panels - Motunui Panels
Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1978
Year Claim Resolved: 2014
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation
Complainant Name: Attorney General of New Zealand
Complainant Nation: New Zealand
Complainant Nation Economy: Developed
Complainant Type: Public: Government
Respondent Name: George Ortiz (art collector)
Respondent Nation: Switzerland
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual
Reference Links:
- New Zealand National Party: https://www.national.org.nz/news/news/media-releases/detail/2014/07/04/motunui-panels-returned-to-new-zealand
- https://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/motunui-panels/
- https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/maori-panels-2013-new-zealand-and-ortiz-heirs-1
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Editor's Notes:
Was litigated before House of Lords in A-G of New Zealand v Ortiz [1984] AC 1. Judgment for defendant. Government made successive efforts to have the panels returned in 1978, 1983, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2007. Ortiz passed away in 2013, and the New Zealand Government entered into negotiations with Ortiz's heirs in March 2014.