Rongotea parade. Annika McBrearty went to the Sanson as part of the Feilding Brass band, and said she had observed a decline in attendances at small-town ceremonies over the years. This year, about 50 civilians attended. Despite that, she liked that the smaller ceremonies were more personal. She said younger generations often didn t understand how important Anzac services were and had “broken the habit” of attending. During the lockdown, when services were cancelled, she was the only one on her street to stand at her driveway at dawn on Anzac Day.
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Shirlene Curtis-Reid remembers her friends who fought in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
The odysseys and adventures that shaped Prince Philip, before he met the Queen
Prince Philip s early life was a blur of motion, from the Ionian Sea to the Moray Firth and to many corners of the world in the heat of war
Prince Philip, pictured before his marriage to the Queen
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It is natural, when a major figure dies, to focus on their health in their final days. The coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death will be no different – and the images of him looking frail on his release from hospital last month will linger in the public imagination.