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The removal of Hamilton's statue (NZ) is only the start, we should tear them all down
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Workers remove the statue of Captain John Hamilton from Civic Square in Hamilton on Friday.
Photograph: Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images
I’m proud to admit, even if colonisers find it rude or tasteless, that last month my partner and I spat at the feet of the British warlord George Grey.
It’s our duty as Waikato-Tainui descendants to disrespect the governor who sent the British empire into our land, pinching and plundering from our ancestors as they went, and it’s our responsibility to resist clean commemorations.
The statues commemorating Grey – like the stone rendering in Albert Park – the street names honouring his memory, and the towns that take his name (‘Greytown”) aren’t “history”.
They’re a tribute to one people’s violent victory over another
The removal of Hamilton's statue is only the start, we should tear it all down | Morgan Godfery | Opinion | The Guardian
also ... City of Hamilton in New Zealand removes statue of British naval captain | World news | The Guardian