ANZAC Day 2006

ANZAC Day services are attracting more and more young people curious to learn about their military heritage. At this year's ANZAC Day service at Ieper (Ypres) in Belgium, New Zealand AFS student Nikki Gunn spoke of her own journey of discovery of the meaning of ANZAC Day.
 

Wartime Heroine Honoured by RNZRSA

At a ceremony held in the National Headquarters on 28 April 2006, Nancy Wake, code-named the ‘White Mouse’ by the Gestapo during World War II, was awarded the RNZRSA's highest honour – its Badge in Gold and Life Membership.

RNZRSA 90th Anniversary

On 28 April 2006, the National Executive met in Wellington to mark the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the RNZRSA.

Poppy Day Appeal Launch

The 2006 Poppy Day Appeal was launched with a massive light display on Parliament House on the evening of 19 April 2006.

In the Sands of the Sinai

Bill Hopper reports on one of New Zealand’s longest and almost forgotten international peacekeeping deployments.