REMEMBRANCE DAY
Today is Remembrance Day, marking 103 years since the end of World War One. A war
that took the lives of 20 million people and injured 21 million worldwide.
There were 58,000 New Zealand ‘casualties’ from across Aotearoa and the Pacific. And
many more lives affected.
How can our peacetime honour their sacrifice? We can do so, by making this world a better place, for us all. But lofty language won’t make the change. It’s up to us to do the mahi on our watch, to see lives transformed and lived to the full.
Memorial windows with scaffolding. RNZE window (left) and ‘Well done thou good and faithful servant’ window, making soldiers welcome returning from war. Children play and flowers bloom in the “Peace” window.
KĀHUI ST DAVID'S
The vision for Kāhui St David’s – the centre for music in these historic walls – is to connect and to inspire. It will not be an excluding silo; it will be a sanctuary for us all.
Where there is much that may divide us now – physically, economically, culturally – music made, shared and streamed from within a space built to uplift the human spirit, will serve to connect us and bring us together for good.
Music transcends all barriers. It connects the individual to the universal.
Kauria - a waiata of remembrance
Today we share a waiata of remembrance. Kauria was composed by Piripi Davis and performed by members of the Tamariki whanau in Kāhui St David’s. Big thanks to Talya, Tommy Lee and Storm, and their mum Kowhai for making this possible.
Thank you also to our partners, patrons and friends – none of this would be possible without your awesome generosity.
Also special thanks to the Waitematā Local Board for your generous support of ANZAC Week, which inspired this video.