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Cold comfort shown for divisive Korean statue plan
A bid to erect a controversial statue in the Korean Garden on Barrys Pt Reserve, Takapuna, has been turned down by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Plans for the statue, which revived painful memories of the treatment of Korean women during World War II, drew 672 submissions, including near-equal numbers
from Japanese and Korean community members. In all, 57 per cent of individuals and 15 of 20 organisations were against the Korean Garden Trust’s application to install the statue of a Korean “comfort woman” on Auckland Council land it leases. Concerns cited included inflaming community tensions, political interpretations of
history and whether the statue was appropriate in a New Zealand setting, said a report on the submissions tabled by council staff. The board, as landholder, voted 4-2 at its meeting on Tuesday this week that a white stone war memorial already on the land – acknowledging Korean and New Zealand To page 4
Generations remember together
Paying respects... Liam Donnelly and Amaia Edgerton from St Joseph’s Catholic School were among students who laid wreaths at the Takapuna Anzac Day parade last Saturday. More pictures, pages 8-9