Monuments of Meaning Power, Protest, and Public Memory in Aotearoa New Zealand

Adam Claasen is a Senior Lecturer and historian at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, specializing in war and society studies and Aotearoa New Zealand's military experience. A Smithsonian Fellowship grantee and Fulbright awardee, his most recent publication is Grid: The life and times of fighter ace Keith Caldwell (2024).

John Griffiths is Academic Mentor/Student Success Tutor at the London College of Contemporary Arts, United Kingdom. He spent over twenty years as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at Massey University. He is author of Imperial Culture in Antipodean Cities 1880-1914 (2014). Empire and Popular Culture (Routledge 4 vols, 2021-22) and articles that have appeared in journals such as Social History, Urban History and Imperial and Commonwealth History. He lives in London and Suffolk.