New Zealand braces for protests ahead of anniversary of Captain Cook's landing
by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin from World news | The Guardian on (#4RSH2)
Critics say government should not be funding events to commemorate 250th anniversary due to sensitivity to MAori
New Zealand is preparing for a potentially uncomfortable weekend, as the country prepares to mark - with celebration and protest - 250 years since Captain James Cook landed in the country.
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is making her way to Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island, to take part in government-funded events to commemorate Cook's landing in Poverty Bay.
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