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ANZAC Day: True unsung heroes
Wyn Fountain served as a Welfare Officer in the Middle East and Europe and was away for over four years. Later he ran a very successful business in NZ and, with wife Shirley, grew a great family. At 90 years old (in this clip) he brought history alive.
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ANZAC Day: For Skippy
I made this video some time ago for Skippy, Kevin Atkins, Gunner, 161 Battery RNZA. Some of the photos in the video were taken by him at Nui Dat. He was an Aussie serving with the NZ Army…he trained at Puckapunyal, Canungra and Singleton…many of the places mentioned
NZ First Is Distracted
I’d prefer the government spend the next 18 months getting its books in order, reducing spending and borrowing and slashing bloody regulations!
The Silent Anzac Day of 2020
How could it be? Anzac Day was about courage, looking death in the face and doing one’s duty without regard for personal safety. How had we come to this strange place where all that mattered was saving one’s own life from a trifling threat and it was a virtue to leave the vulnerable to die alone?
ANZAC Day: Gallipoli
In 2015 Dad and I were at the dawn ceremony at ANZAC Cove and then the service at Chunuk Bair. I carried the medals of my great-grandfather Harry Crozier with me. It was 100 years since ANZAC troops set foot on the Gallipoli peninsula in that ill-fated campaign.
ANZAC Day: Lest we forget
This is my ANZAC Day tribute posting. ANZAC Day means a great deal for me and my family. I suppose it is because we have a connection to the original ANZACs in 1915 and Gallipoli, and to a veteran of a war much fresher in our minds Firstly, I pay
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… verisimilitude (noun): 1: the quality or state of being verisimilar - i.e. having the appearance of truth; probable or depicting realism (as in art or literature) 2: something verisimilar Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : From its roots, verisimilitude means basically "similarity to the truth"
The Good Oil Daily Proverb
Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot