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Historian says removing colonial statues would be a mistake

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 12 Jun 2020, 10:04AM
The statue of Captain Cook when it once stood atop Titirangi, Gisborne. Photo / Alan Gibson
The statue of Captain Cook when it once stood atop Titirangi, Gisborne. Photo / Alan Gibson

Historian says removing colonial statues would be a mistake

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 12 Jun 2020, 10:04AM

There are reservations over the need for an inquiry into 'racist' monuments, statues and names from New Zealand's colonial era.

The Maori Party's calling for an inquiry into the monuments, statues and names from New Zealand's colonial era.

Historian Paul Moon told Mike Hosking it wouldn't correct anything.

"If you think removing a statue - somehow amputating a visual representation of the past is going to change anything - you're very much mistaken."

Professor Paul Moonsays in the US,  people congregate around confederate statues and celebrate confederate leaders, but we don't do that sort of thing here

"Given that we see these statues for what they are, Victorian era memorials, we tend not to get agitated by them because there's no need to."

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