Tag: anzac day
Students catch a glimpse into the life of a war hero
More than 40 wide-eyed students sat quietly listening to the tales of war heroes on Monday afternoon.
They were gathered at the Howick RSA for...
Stories of war with Eric Wilson
April is fast-approaching and now we're only a few weeks away from celebrating Anzac Day and Poppy Day.
This year Poppy Day is on April...
Local student’s moving ANZAC day poem, 100 years on
Oh, the rains
One to kill on impact
The other a creeping barrage of droplets
But is it water at all
For water is triumphant
Roaring like a crowd
Not...
Young ones look up to local war heroes
Howick RSA is helping students broaden their knowledge of what Kiwis endured in previous military campaigns.
"We were aware that a lot of New Zealand...
A very special birthday
This Anzac day, Travis Allan will wake up before the crack of dawn. He’ll rug up warm and head into Howick with his father...
Tribute to NZ soldiers buried on foreign soil
Reading about historical sites in high school classical studies is one thing, but travelling across the world to visit those places constitutes a whole...
New mosaic on display at the RSA
More than a decade ago, local artist Gabrielle Hoffman created mosaic artworks for Howick Village.
One was positioned on the side wall of the Howick...