RSA keen for ‘positive impact’

It has thousands of dollars to give away in bursaries to secondary school students wanting to head to university, yet the Wanganui RSA gets only a few applications – despite having promoted the grant opportunity. (read more...)

Mangawhai Cadets Defy the Odds

The Mangawhai Cadet Unit produced a near clean sweep to win the national Skill at Arms competition. (read more...)

Here Come the Marines – Again

The Marines are coming back. Yes, some of those World War 2 links and memories will be rekindled when the 70th anniversary of the arrival of United States Forces in New Zealand during World War 2 is celebrated in May and June. (read more...)

It took Ted 60 years to win the battle for his mind

More than 60 years after New Zealand World War 2 airman Ted Pipe was discharged from the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm with a £155.14.6 war services gratuity, a great weight was lifted off his shoulders. He tells IAN STUART how the pain of going to war and seeing his mates die haunted him until his 85th birthday. (read more...)

‘Dad’s Army’ beats the retreat

The ultimate enemy, age, is forcing the 24 New Zealand Infantry Association Post-World War 2 Association to wind up. The Beating The Retreat ceremony will be held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum over the weekend of April 21-22. KEITH HOLMES, a former treasurer of the association, takes time to ‘reminisce with compassion’. (read more...)