North Canterbury News: May 02, 2024
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ANZAC COMMEMORATIONS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>May</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>4<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> remembers the fallen<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong> staff —Editor Robyn Bristow, journalists Shelley Topp and John Cosgrove —attended anumber of Anzac Day parades<br />
and commemorations held at small and large gatherings acrossthe districtlastweek.Alix Bush of Waiau help add to the coverage. They joined<br />
crowds of all ages, and recorded the emotions, and the memories of this important day in New Zealand’s history.<br />
Poignant ... Rangiora RSA padre Bill Peck, played the<br />
Last Post during the Anzac Day services held at anumber<br />
of sites around the district.<br />
Wreath bearer ... St John Ambulance cadet Hannah Wayland<br />
Smith, (12), of Rangiora, representsWaimakariri St Johnatthe<br />
Rangiora Anzac Day Service.<br />
Quiet moment ... Rosie Whithan, aged six, of<br />
Somerfield in Christchurch, waiting for the Anzac Day<br />
parade along High Street, Rangiora, to begin.<br />
Together ... The Oxford communityheld an Anzac Day parade at<br />
the town’s memorial.<br />
Proud ... Christchurch student Sam Bush holds his<br />
cousin Poppy (9 months), as he represents the Waiau<br />
Fire Brigade at the Amuri Anzac Day service, proudly<br />
wearing his greatgrandfather’s WW1 service medals.<br />
March of remembrance ... Part of the large Anzac Day<br />
Memorial Service parade held in Rangiora.<br />
Inmemory ... HurunuiDistrict Councillor<br />
Ross Barnes lays awreath at the Waiau<br />
Anzac Day parade accompanied by Hurunui<br />
<strong>May</strong>orMarie Black.<br />
Last Post ... Monika Duncan from Addington Brass Band plays as (from left)<br />
Chris Scarlet (Waiau Volunteer Fire Brigade CFO), William Flapper (Culverden<br />
Police) and Hananiah Samera and Laura Cundy (obscured) from Amuri Area<br />
School, attend the Waiau Anzac Day parade.<br />
Family honour ... Marilyn Purvis, of Christchurch, with<br />
her cousin, Don Purvis, of Rangiora, during the Anzac<br />
Day service held at the Fernside Memorial Hall and<br />
Community Centre.
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