17 Jun 2020

Statues of royalty, politicians, military leaders and explorers most often attacked

From Morning Report, 8:43 am on 17 June 2020

Statues of British royalty, politicians, military leaders and explorers have been the most regularly attacked in recent decades.

Conversely, statues of artists and sportspeople have been left largely untouched.

The findings of an Otago University study comes as some question what we should do with depictions of historical figures with unsavoury pasts.

Jordan Bond reports.