August 15th 2007

LONDON NZ TO PLAY MATCH AT PASSCHENDAELE

The London New Zealand Rugby Football Club will play a match against a French club as part of this year’s 90th Commemorations of Passchendaele.

August 11th 2007

TAONGA PUORO MUSICIAN TO PERFORM IN FLANDERS

Horomona Horo, a musician specialising in taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments), will give performances in West Flanders in October.

August 11th 2007

UNVEILING OF SCIASCIA MEMORIAL AT WARNETON

A memorial to the New Zeaand Maori rugby player Charles Rangiwawahia Sciascia has been unveiled at Warneton, near Messines.

August 3rd 2007

RSA POPPY PACKS FOR PASSCHENDAELE

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association (RNZRSA) is offering a special Poppy Pack to mark the 90th anniversary of Passchendaele.

July 19th 2007

EVOCATIVE WORK BY NZ ARTIST UNVEILED IN YPRES

A powerfully evocative work of art by the New Zealander Kingsley Baird is now on display at the heart of the In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres.

July 18th 2007

GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS MESSINES

His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, the Honourable Anand Satyanand, and Her Excellency Susan Satyanand visited Messines on July 13.

July 18th 2007

NZ CHOIR SINGS AT TYNE COT AND MENIN GATE

The Seraphim Choir of Chilton Saint James School has sung at the 90th Comemmorations of Passchendaele and the 80th Anniversary of the Menin Gate.

July 18th 2007

STANDING OVATION AT MESSINES CONCERT

The Seraphim Choir from Chilton Saint James School, Lower Hutt, received a standing ovation at their concert in Messines last Wednesday evening.

July 7th 2007

AWARD-WINNING NZ CHOIR TO SING AT MESSINES

The award-winning Seraphim Choir of Chilton Saint James School, Lower Hutt, will give a concert at Messines this Wednesday evening.

July 6th 2007

GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO REPRESENT NZ AT PASSCHENDAELE

The Governor-General of New Zealand, the Honourable Anand Satyanand, will honour the thousands of New Zealanders who lost their lives or were injured during the Battle of Passchendaele when he visits Belgium next week.