Statue
Production date
1909
Description
Statue from the New Zealand wars memorial on Marsland Hill. Broken into Head, torso, legs and eighteen smaller shards.
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Object detail
Production date
1909
Production place
Classification
Credit line
This
statue
of
an
Armed
Constabulary
man
was
erected
on
Marsland
Hill
in
1909
as
a
memorial
to
British
and
Pākehā
soldiers.
The
inscription
on
the
plinth
reads:
"To
the
honoured
memory
of
the
officers
and
men
of
HM
naval,
military
and
Colonial
forces
and
loyal
Maoris
who
fell
in
action
or
died
during
the
Maori
wars,
1845-47,
1860-70."
The statue stood until Waitangi Day 1991 when it was knocked down in protest of the New Zealand Government actions against and treatment of Taranaki Māori in contravention of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The statue plinth (without the statue) is now a category one Heritage New Zealand listed monument.
The statue stood until Waitangi Day 1991 when it was knocked down in protest of the New Zealand Government actions against and treatment of Taranaki Māori in contravention of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The statue plinth (without the statue) is now a category one Heritage New Zealand listed monument.
Accession number
PA2018.014
Collection type
Material
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