The Wellington Centennial memorial on Mt Victoria features the busts of one of the city’s founders, Edward G. Wakefield, and Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington. A prominent Wellington monument may be denied heritage protection after being highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement. The Wellington Centennial memorial on Mt Victoria features the busts of one of the city’s founders, Edward G. Wakefield, and Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington. In the capital, activists blindfolded the Centennial Memorial’s statues and tied red scarves to the Queen Victoria Monument and William Wakefield memorial. Image: Alexander Turnbull Library / Ref# PAColl-7796-28 The Centennial Memorial under construction in 1939.

Source: Stuff March 12, 2021 06:00 UTC