A non-binding referendum on loaning a moai to France was held in Easter Island on 1 March 2010.

[1] Voters were asked whether they agreed with the Mare Nostrum Foundation displaying a moai in Paris,[1] which had first been proposed in 2008.

[2] The loan was rejected by 89% of voters.

[3] As a result, on 14 April 2010 the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales decided that the moai would not be sent to France.

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