The crowd applauded the Anzac parade.
Te Awamutu’s Anzac ceremony on Tuesday attracted a crowd hundreds strong – and it was an inspiring mix of young and old.
Te Awamutu RSA president Peter Watson speaks.
That would have warmed Peter Watson, the Te Awamutu RSA president who in his address spoke of connecting with young people.
Te Awamutu College student Stella Quigley presented her account of Anzac and shared the story of her great great grandfather Walter Sims, before reciting the John McCrae poem In Flanders Field.
The school’s kapa haka group, led by Tawhaki Waaka, performed a haka on the green while Tahliana Berggren was among the young cadets standing at the memorial and newly erected flagpole. The service, led by Lou Brown, included addresses from Mayor Susan O’Regan and the prayer was led by Reverend Murray Olson.
Cadet Tahliana Berggren at the First World War memorial.
Children watch the laying of wreaths.
Tawhaki Children watch the laying of wreaths. Waaka, centre, led the Te Awamutu College kapa haka group.
