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Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 1:19 pm Social media can be a wonderful tool for bringing people together in a common cause. It can also be a seedbed and spreader of mis-information on a community-wide scale. To which category do the protests against the siting of an Erebus memorial (to the 257 New Zealanders who died in that tragedy) in a secluded corner of a Parnell park happen to belong? IMO, it is clearly the latter, and the reasons for thinking so are explained below. It has been alleged: that iwi were not properly consulted about the siting, or the design that the plans allegedly require the...

Parnell residents threaten to glamp in Erebus memorial protest 26 Feb, 2021 03:40 AM 4 minutes to read An artist's impression of the Erebus memorial. Construction is due to begin in a section of Dove-Myer Robinson Park next week. An artist's impression of the Erebus memorial. Construction is due to begin in a section of Dove-Myer Robinson Park next week. RNZ By Susan Strongman of RNZ A group of Parnell residents may glamp on the site of a planned national Erebus memorial in an attempt to stop construction, which begins next week. The construction of the memorial in a section of Dove-Myer Ro...