City of Hamilton in New Zealand to remove statue of British naval captain

City council says memorial to Captain John Hamilton will come down after Māori elder calls him a ‘murderer’ and threatens to remove by force

A statue of a British naval captain will be removed by the city council in Hamilton, New Zealand after a local Māori elder threatened to take it down by force.

The statue of Captain John Hamilton, after whom the city in the central North Island is named, was gifted to the city by a local company in 2013.

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