Canterbury Mornings

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel believes outrage is counter-productive in dealing with historic Maori injustices.The mayor doesn't want the City Council to jump into removing New Zealand statues that may cause offence.Hamilton City Council contractors last week removed the statue of British army Captain John Hamilton from the centre of town, after a formal request from the Waikato-Tainui iwi.It follows waves of similar actions happening overseas, as statues of colonial figures, confederate leaders and slave traders in the US and UK are targetted. Dalziel told Chris Lynch our history isn't the same as overseas - and she wants to carry on building the strong relationship with Ngai Tahu to talk through differences."We're not part of the UK conversation, we're not part of the American conversation, we're not part of their slave trade issues."There are concerns that the types of statues targetted while be broaden to include the likes of Queen Victoria - with one in Dunedin already defaced.Dalziel says we have a