Tag: ANZAC Day Waiheke
Iron harvest
On Sunday, 1 July 1928, my 14-year-old grandmother Bernie saw something she would remember for the rest of her life. Her mother had taken...
Morality in the balance
The foundational Christian feast of Easter is upon us, followed, barely a week later (in this turn around the sun) by our own Anzac...
Remembering those who fought far from home
On 25 April 1915, 20,000 Australian and New Zealand Army (ANZAC) troops landed under heavy fire on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. They fought...
“The Dove of Peace has torn its wing and lies...
Our pride in the valour and sacrifice of those who have served is not to glorify war itself, reflects RSA patron Mike Lee in...
Sacrifice that will not be forgotten
This year’s ANZAC service was more than usually solemn following Covid-19 disruptions, and with a new war in Europe raising the prospect of nuclear...
