Anzac day 2015 in Mangawhai

This morning I spent a couple of hours with many other people at our local RSA (returned services association) in Hakaru, about 10 minutes out of Mangawhai for Anzac Day. We have a local Cadets unit - these young people did an awesome job this morning

 
One of our locals Logan Brown is a master bag piper - love the sound of those Scottish bag pipes.

Nice to see so many military personnel - local and non local such as army/air force/police/fire brigade/st john ambulance representatives.

Mangawhai Beach school students had also made wooden crosses painted with names of their fallen heroes which were pushed into the ground lining the path to the Cenotaph.

So many wreaths laid on the Cenotaph - and such an important day in the history of New Zealand and Australia. How did you celebrate Anzac Day?

Coffee in my old town of Maungaturoto

so after not blogging for quite some time, lost my mojo I've come back and have lots of new photos to share. This one is from this morning when I was in my old home town of Maungaturoto having coffee with a friend. Here's the view from one of the outside tables - was a hot morning outside, unusual for Autumn but people were very busy going past doing their daily stuff.