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Local Focus: RSA poppy appeal continues into May 28 Apr, 2021 11:27 PM 3 minutes to read Longer poppy appeal after last years online success. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video Journalist Whanganui, Manawatū and Taranaki, NZH Local Focusgeorgie@localfocus.nz The annual poppy appeal brings in thousands of dollars every year to support veterans and their immediate dependants. This year, in addition to the local collection boxes and street appeal, the RSA has launched a national Givealittle campaign raising money online until the end of May. The poppy appeal began in 1922, the funds it generates helps the RSA with a major part of the service it provides to ex service personnel and their immediate families. ....
Marching to remember 2 minutes to read Veterans who marched from Ōrākau to Te Awamutu to after laying poppies at the Te Awamutu and District War Memorial Park Sunken Cross. Photo / Dean Taylor Veterans who marched from Ōrākau to Te Awamutu to after laying poppies at the Te Awamutu and District War Memorial Park Sunken Cross. Photo / Dean Taylor Te Awamutu Courier Last Saturday 12 veterans marched from Ōrākau Memorial near Kihikihi to the Returned Servicemen s Association in Te Awamutu to raise money for the Te Awamutu Poppy Appeal Trust. The walk totaled approximately 10 kilometers and took them two and a half hours to complete. ....
Poppy Flight Project lands in Kāpiti 15 Apr, 2021 09:00 PM 2 minutes to read Pilot Dave Crail at Kāpiti Coast Airport with Kāpiti Districts Aero Club s Scott McPake holding the giant poppy and star which is currently travelling New Zealand. Photo / Rosalie Willis Pilot Dave Crail at Kāpiti Coast Airport with Kāpiti Districts Aero Club s Scott McPake holding the giant poppy and star which is currently travelling New Zealand. Photo / Rosalie Willis Rosalie is a reporter for Kāpiti News The Poppy Flight Project flew into Kāpiti on Thursday raising funds and awareness for the RSA, NZ Warbirds Association, and The Starship Foundation. ....
Print text only Cancel The reduced need for surgical pain relief during the pandemic has forced Tasmanian poppy processor Sun Pharma to cut its growing area for the coming season. Key points: Sun Pharma has slashed the size of its growing area across Tasmania as global demand for painkillers falls Twenty growers in the state s south will be cut and a further 150 will have their contracts reduced Worldwide demand for opium-based pain relief dropped to an all-time low last year as elective surgeries were cancelled The multinational, which contracts growers across the state to produce poppies for its factory at Latrobe, has also made two field officers redundant as part of the cuts. ....
Anzac Day preparations in full swing in Tararua 13 Apr, 2021 01:19 AM 3 minutes to read Members of the Women s Section of Dannevirke RSA Ann Berry (left), president Verna Hutching, vice-president Jill Ross and Christine Littlejohn. Photo / Sue Emeny Members of the Women s Section of Dannevirke RSA Ann Berry (left), president Verna Hutching, vice-president Jill Ross and Christine Littlejohn. Photo / Sue Emeny Hawkes Bay Today By: Sue Emeny Volunteers will be hitting the streets of Tararua on Friday for Poppy Day, which provides vital funding for the Returned Servicemen s Association. Members of the Women s Section of RSA, along with some of their male counterparts, will be selling poppies from five locations around Dannevirke from 8.30am until 3pm. ....