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Cultural dissonance: heritage protests and their implications for heritage-making in settler colonial cities

Carolyn HillTe Wānanga o Ngā Kete Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Received 30 Sep 2023, Accepted 14 Jun 2024, Published online: 26 Jun 2024

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