Anzac Day 25th April

Books, posters and displays have been

put up in the library to acknowledge

Anzac Day this Sunday.

Come in and have a look.

Zero hour : the ANZACS on the Western Front

Zero Hour : The ANZACS on the western front.
By Leon Davidson.

When the Austalians and New Zealanders arrived at the Western Front in 1916, the fighting had been going for a year and a half and there was no end in sight.
These soldiers took their places in trenches and beyond these trenches was no-mans'- land. An eerie wasteland where rats lived in the ribcages of the dead and the wounded cried for help. Beyond that was the German army.
This is the third book by Leon Davidson.
"Scarecrow Army", "Anzacs at Gallipoli" and now "Zero Hour".

Willie Apiata, VC The Reluctant Hero

By Paul Little and John Lockyer

This is the story of Willie Apiata, VC - an ordinary Kiwi bloke, a very reluctant hero.

On an Afganistan hilltop, Lance Corporal Willie Apiata, a New Zealand special air service trooper, was trapped at the front of a major fire-fight. One of his mates was bleeding to death and they were pinned down by intense enemy machine gun and rocket fire.

For Willie there was no choice. With the lives and safety of his mates his only priority, Willie performed an act of courage that has now become part of New Zealand history and saw him awarded the highest military honour for bravery in the Commonwealth - the Victoria Cross.