Published: October 01, 2018
A year ahead of 250th anniversary of explorer’s arrival, monument will be replaced by ‘cultural designs’
A statue of Captain Cook in New Zealand that has been repeatedly defaced and daubed with graffiti is to be removed by the council a year out from the 250-year anniversary of his arrival in the country.
The statue of Cook in Gisborne has been repeatedly targeted by vandals amid a heated debate about the portrayal of the town’s complex colonial history.
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