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Mia Maramara knew that her relationship with her father had grown distant but as his politics became more and more divisive, she found it harder and harder to bridge that gap.
The offensive illustration from On Beyond Zebra, one of the six Dr Seuss books that will no longer be published
Photo: Dr Seuss illustration
“The problem with the culture wars / Is everything becomes a fight / And if Dr Seuss were alive today / He’d say this issue isn’t black and white.
But not everyone here was brushing off those books being eased out of the catalogue.
Last week Newshub reported National Party Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger took aim at would-be censors in rhyme on Facebook. Alas they ve come for Dr Seuss / They wish to hang him with a noose.”