The document discusses establishing an online database of Māori and Moriori taonga (treasures) held in museums outside of New Zealand to make them more accessible. It notes that taonga are held in over 168 institutions in 25 countries. Currently only 57 institutions have put information online about their Māori collections, with only 7,700 records and 3,200 having images. The document discusses learning from similar collaborative projects and outlines next steps to scope the project further and pilot it with 5-6 international museums.

2. Prow from a war canoe (tuere) AN993278001 Oc1900,0721.1 © The Trustees of the British Museum British Museum, London

4. Taonga outside New Zealand Treasure Box (Papahou) 1978.412.755a, b The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1960 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

6. Taonga worldwide

10. National Museums Scotland British Museum Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Manchester Museum Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

12. Field Museum Field Museum American Museum of Natural History National Museum of Natural History Bishop Museum, Hawaii Peabody Essex Museum Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

13. The Australian Museum South Australian Museum Queensland Museum Museum Victoria

14. What's available online now?

16. To what standard? Door lintel (Pare or Korupe) 61.126 Creative Commons-BY-NC Brooklyn Museum, New York

18. Interest from overseas museums

20. Who can we learn from?

23. Key features Figurine ET.92.1 Musees Royaux d’art et d’histoire, Brussels

25. Challenges Cape de chef 71.1966.145.1 Musée du quai Branly , Paris

27. Next steps Fish-hook A.1923.371 © National Museums Scotland National Museums Scotland

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