TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 1
THURSDAY MAY 2, 2024
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Scouts and Keaswait their turn – from left, Peyton Brice, Melissa HessellShearer, Dylan Scull and Daniel Lindsay and Kea Leader Jessica Lindsay.
Anthony Gibbes and Noah Gillette, right, represented Te Awamutu Primary.
Cruiz Riddiford and Kayelyn Collett presented a wrath on behalf of Te Awamutu Intermediate. Photos – Roy Pilott
If you can have stars at an Anzac Day service, then a huge number came out at the 11am service in Te Awamutu. On a day when organisations queued up on Anzac Green to lay wreaths at the 101 year old cenotaph bearing the names of 58 soldiers who did not come home, it was the children who caught the eye. None more so than the preschoolers from The Barnyard in Racecourse Rd who strove to get everything right, while taking in the atmosphere, and the gazes from the cadets looking down on them. The services in Waipā were blessed with fine weather and involved contributions from across the board. Graham Lyttle from the Te Awamutu and Districts Pipe Band played the lament at the Te Awamutu dawn service for the third year in a row.
All eyes were on the Barnyard Kids pre-schoolers’ wreath laying skills as they were guided by Lee-Anne Waters and Debbie Tucker (right).
They will remember Guest speakers at the 11am service included Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan and from Te Awamutu College, Seanna Sanders. The list or those who laid wreaths included Te Awamutu and Districts Memorial RSA including the women’s section, companies who have served abroad, army and regular force cadets, police, fire service, St John, Waipā District Council, Corrections, Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, Te AwamutuKihikihi Community Board, Māori wardens, scouts, cubs, guides and Pippins, young farmers, sports clubs, rest homes, marae, a preschool and the following schools - St Patrick’s, Te Awamutu primary, Pekapekarau, Kihikihi, Puahue, Korakonui, Pirongia, Te Pahu School, Te Awamutu Intermediate and Te Awamutu College. • Further Anzac Day coverage, see pages 2, 8.
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