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Kōrero: Sculpture and installation art

Queen Victoria statues

Statues of Queen Victoria were erected in the four main centres – (left to right) Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland – in the very late 19th and early 20th centuries, when imperial sentiment was at its height. All were created by British sculptors and shipped to New Zealand.

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Mark Stocker, Sculpture and installation art – Colonial origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/41959/queen-victoria-statues (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Stocker, i tāngia i te 24 June 2013.