Stuff to get a photo of the statue in storage were not responded to.
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Captain Hamilton was removed from Civic Square on June 12, 2020, following a threat to tear it down.
Tongue of the Dog artwork outside Waikato Museum; and the statue of Sapper Moore-Jones titled
In the Line of Fire – will in future be covered by two new council policies that will be discussed at a community committee meeting on Tuesda.
A key outcome of both the public art policy and the monuments and memorials policy will be the formation of a public arts panel which will be made up of council staff, iwi and hapū representation, and other art or construction specialists. The panel would advise and seek advice on issues relating to artistic merit, cultural appropriateness, location, engineering, and maintenance requirements, among other things.