Posted on 12-05-2021 08:56 | By R. Bell
for your version of events of two hundred years ago. However they are irrelevant to the current discussion. No one can change the past, but we can help shape a better future. Greer was, and his name is still symbolic of brutal oppression of innocent people defending their land from blatant theft. I agree the history should be left there but that also means the names of those who carried out those acts should not be glorified in names of towns and suburbs, and that includes Greer. For once in your life try to imagine the insult to local Maori.
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