Thieves prised the metal letters off this monument at Wellington's Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. National War Memorial targeted by thieves, letters from metal sign prised off concreteThieves prised the metal letters off this monument at Wellington's Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Photo / Facebook / Ministry for Culture and HeritageVandals have stripped letters from signs and wrecked a donated international monument at the national park commemorating New Zealand’s war dead. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is seeking the public’s help after thieves targeted monuments at the “sacred” space in Wellington. Photos released by the ministry show the extensive damage at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Mt Cook, including metal lettering prised from park signage and from the French Memorial.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 09, 2026 03:14 UTC