Published: October 01, 2019
Statement from high commissioner Laura Clarke comes ahead of 250th anniversary of Cook’s landing, but stops short of apology
The British government was due to express regret for the killing of Māori people in New Zealand after the explorer Captain James Cook’s arrival in the country in 1769.
But the statement from the British high commissioner to New Zealand, Laura Clarke, expected on Wednesday, to local tribes – known as iwi – is being made in private, and will stop short of an apology.
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