Post #805923 by TikiHardBop on Sun, Oct 9, 2022 10:06 AM

A quote from the NYT coverage of the story: Ariki Tepano, the director of the Indigenous Ma’u Henua community, which manages Rapa Nui National Park, described the damage as “irreparable and with consequences beyond what your eyes can see.” The statues, he added, “are totally burned.”