Taranaki St trees cost council millions
FEW people seem to know Wellington City Council is spending $3.5 million planting pohutukawa trees along Taranaki St. And if they did, it’s likely they would be against the idea, if a quick street poll...
View ArticleThey are the fourth service and we will remember them
SEAMEN REMEMBERED: Ian Dymock (left) and Chris Finlayson at the service. THE first New Zealand Merchant Navy Day has been celebrated by a service at the Wellington National War Memorial. It was a bit...
View ArticleDawn service gives way to concert fun on Anzac Day
THE DARKNESS cast by the threatening rainclouds perhaps reflected the sombre mood of those gathered at the Wellington Citizens War Memorial to commemorate Anzac Day 2011. Those who weren’t completely...
View ArticleWW1 battle commemorated in Wellington
NZ troops who fought in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago were remembered at a special ceremony on Sunday. The weather proved challenging as James Malthus reports.
View ArticleWATCH: First major battle using tanks remembered
Today marks one hundred years since the battle of Cambrai which saw military tanks used in large numbers for the first time. Members of the Royal New Zealand Army Corp attended a commemoration of the...
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