The soon to be renamed Captain Cook Hotel. Photo: Christine O'ConnorDunedin’s Captain Cook Hotel will be renamed. The famed pub and music venue will undergo a name change in the wake of protests and growing anti-racist and anti-colonial sentiments. A post on the venue’s Facebook page, believed to be from operator Mike McLeod, tonight outlined the reasons for changing the name, saying Captain Cook was a symbol of colonisation and oppression. The Captain Cook Hotel opened in 1860, and later became a famous music venue and watering hole for the city’s university students.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 14, 2020 08:26 UTC