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WELLINGTON SHOULD FOLLOW HAMILTON'S EXAMPLE AND REMOVE STATUES, STREET NAMES, LOCAL SAYS
Wellington City Council should read the mood of the nation and start removing statues and street names that glorify colonisers, a local says.
But councillors say there needs to be a clear call from the community before action is taken.
Rangatahi Māori Safari Hynes said New Zealand's capital city needs to follow Hamilton's example and address the myriad memorials and monuments to colonisation spread across the city......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339584
CONTROVERSY OVER NZ COLONIAL STATUES LONG-STANDING
The push to remove colonial monuments and statues is gathering momentum in New Zealand, but it did not start with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Mayor Paula Southgate said many locals shared Maipi's view that the statue was culturally offensive.
"We can't ignore what is happening all over the world and nor should we," she said.
But controversy over colonial statues in New Zealand predates the Black Lives Matter movement.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/418937/controversy-over-nz-colonial-statues-long-standing
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK STATUE DEFACED IN GISBORNE
A Captain James Cook statue in Gisborne has been defaced.
Images posted on social media show that graffiti has been sprayed across the monument, which sits alongside the Tūranganui River in Waikanae Park.
The graffiti said "Black Lives Matter and so do Maori" and "Take this racist headstone of my people down before I do". Swastikas were also sprayed on the statue.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339590
Wellington City Council should read the mood of the nation and start removing statues and street names that glorify colonisers, a local says.
But councillors say there needs to be a clear call from the community before action is taken.
Rangatahi Māori Safari Hynes said New Zealand's capital city needs to follow Hamilton's example and address the myriad memorials and monuments to colonisation spread across the city......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339584
CONTROVERSY OVER NZ COLONIAL STATUES LONG-STANDING
The push to remove colonial monuments and statues is gathering momentum in New Zealand, but it did not start with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Mayor Paula Southgate said many locals shared Maipi's view that the statue was culturally offensive.
"We can't ignore what is happening all over the world and nor should we," she said.
But controversy over colonial statues in New Zealand predates the Black Lives Matter movement.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/418937/controversy-over-nz-colonial-statues-long-standing
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK STATUE DEFACED IN GISBORNE
A Captain James Cook statue in Gisborne has been defaced.
Images posted on social media show that graffiti has been sprayed across the monument, which sits alongside the Tūranganui River in Waikanae Park.
The graffiti said "Black Lives Matter and so do Maori" and "Take this racist headstone of my people down before I do". Swastikas were also sprayed on the statue.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339590