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Traditional start to the new year celebrations - the boiling of milk over a fire. Photo: SUPPLIED

Kaihere celebrates

Students, staff and families of Kaihere School gathered together on April 11 to celebrate the Sri Lankan New Year, which is observed on April 14. Principal Ngaire Harris told The…

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The Historical Reenactment Society at Thames Museum in 2024. File Photo: ALICE PARMINTER

VE Day at Thames Museum

Eighty years ago, huge headlines in the morning papers on May 8, 1945, announced the German Third Reich’s unconditional surrender. The war in Europe was over, although many troops were…

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Read more about the article Tararu cairn restored
From left: Russell Skeet, Elizabeth Jones, Mike Anderson, Richard Sturgeon, and Terry Brennan with the cairn. Photo: SUPPLIED

Tararu cairn restored

Veterans gathered in Tararu on May 8 to witness the rededication of the Tararu World War I and World War II Memorial Cairn. The cairn, originally organised by Bupa Tararu…

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