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Grave concerns: call for clearer guidelines regarding ‘offensive’ headstones

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Gisborne district councillors are today discussing a review of the council’s cemeteries bylaw which recommends a new bylaw be drafted that provides greater clarity of offensive and intimidating content when it comes to headstones and monuments. Image by Ben Cowper

Any outright ban on gang insignia on graves and monuments in council-controlled cemeteries here is likely to be highly controversial, a new report warns.

A review of Gisborne District Council’s bylaw around cemeteries has proposed a new bylaw be drafted and asks the council to clearly define what could be considered offensive.

“Staff have trouble justifying to customers why they cannot have ...

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