MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – As commemorations kicked off to mark the landing of the British explorer James Cook 250 years ago, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday called for her country to have a more open conversation about its history.
Britain delivered a “statement of regret” to indigenous Maori earlier this week for the killing of nine of their number immediately after Cook’s landing, although it did not offer a formal apology.
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