By Lauren Crimp RNZ
After Cyclone Gabrielle tore Hawke’s Bay communities apart, they’re banding together to prepare for the next disaster.
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Judith Burkin has researched and compiled the stories of 108 of the 117 people from Maraekakaho, near Hastings, who went to WW1. Gazing at the 117 names of those who d been to the Great War, Burkin wondered who they all were and whether they might be remembered as individuals rather than simply “them”. That was back in 2017. Burkin and husband Jonathan Stockley had migrated to Hawke’s Bay from England seven years earlier and knew next to nothing about the Anzacs and Anzac Day. “We’d just been saying ‘We will remember them’, and I thought well, how can you remember? You can remember the generality of soldiers going to war, and we all know what happened and how awful it all was, but we don’t remember them as people,” she said.
Local Focus: The community halls double dividend, PGF funding to help seven including Maraekakaho Hall
16 Dec, 2020 03:31 AM
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From shooting to am-drams, the ongoing legacy of halls. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
From shooting to am-drams, the ongoing legacy of halls. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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They ve been at the heart of communities for well over a century and are well-placed for the next - local halls.
Hastings District Council helps maintain the district s 21 community-owned rural halls but some have greater needs than others.