Hamilton City Council contractors yesterday removed the statue of British army captain John Hamilton from the centre of town, after a formal request from the Waikato-Tainui iwi.

The removal has revived a wider debate about what should be done - if anything - with colonial-era monuments and names around the country.

Broadcaster Miles Davis joins The Panel on The Weekend Collective to discuss this, along with the other big issues making news this week.

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• Winston Peters: Getting rid of historical statues 'idiocy'
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