Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 5, 2019 5:11:53 GMT 12
NEW ZEALAND BRACES FOR PROTESTS AHEAD OF ANNIVERSARY OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDING
New Zealand is preparing for a potentially uncomfortable weekend, as the country prepares to mark – with celebration and protest – 250 years since Captain James Cook landed in the country.
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is making her way to Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island, to take part in government-funded events to commemorate Cook’s landing in Poverty Bay.
Earlier this week the British high commissioner Laura Clarke “expressed regret” to local Iwi groups over the deaths of nine Indigenous people in the initial meetings between Cook and Māori, but stopped short of an apology. Her efforts were largely applauded by local Indigenous groups.....
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/04/new-zealand-braces-for-protests-ahead-of-anniversary-of-captain-cooks-landing
New Zealand is preparing for a potentially uncomfortable weekend, as the country prepares to mark – with celebration and protest – 250 years since Captain James Cook landed in the country.
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is making her way to Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island, to take part in government-funded events to commemorate Cook’s landing in Poverty Bay.
Earlier this week the British high commissioner Laura Clarke “expressed regret” to local Iwi groups over the deaths of nine Indigenous people in the initial meetings between Cook and Māori, but stopped short of an apology. Her efforts were largely applauded by local Indigenous groups.....
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/04/new-zealand-braces-for-protests-ahead-of-anniversary-of-captain-cooks-landing