May 2018 ANZAC Day Māori dead acknowledged Every year the crowd attending the ANZAC parade and ceremony in Carterton grows bigger. This year the square was packed. In a welcome addition to the usual ceremony, Carterton’s Anaru and Dallas Te Rangi were officially invited to contribute. On the podium, Anaru held a photo of his mother’s grandfather, Tom Brown, who died in World War 1 and Dallas addressed the crowd in te reo. Carterton School children then performed the haka, Ko Wairarapa. With tears in his eyes, Anaru and Dallas’s father, Hone Te Rangi, embraced them when they stepped down from the podium. “I’m so proud of my boys,” he said. It was a beginning for the town: an acknowledgement of the active role local Māori played in the country’s wars. It is only right that the RSA and the Council have taken an initial step to recognise the Māori contribution to this country’s past. The casualty rate for Māori was much higher than for pakeha and the ANZAC ceremony is only complete when there is an acknowledgement of this. Dale, Hone and Anaru Te Rangi with the photo of their great grandfather, Tom Brown, who died Jan Farr in the first world war. More pictures in this issue. Photo Jan Farr. The new Greytown office is open Servicing the Southern Wairarapa and beyond 64A Main Street, Greytown +64 6 304 8223 Residential | Lifestyle | Country | Commercial bayleys.co.nz Editorial Implications Everything has implications. The sustainable living movie, Living the Change, About us spells out the implications of failing to find new ways to live. But rather than The Carterton Crier is a community magazine, leaving us depressed by the horror story of a failing planet, it shows people written, edited and distributed by volunteers. who are already changing the way they live, living more simply, conserving Feel free to join us. Send your stories and letters rather than wasting, reducing their consumption, growing fruit, vegetables, to [email protected] (See Contributions below.) flowers and trees and falling in love with our only planet. If you want to become a deliverer, email us at Only a couple of weeks later a group of interested locals met to look at what [email protected] comes after viewing the movie. See the article in this issue. If you missed the excellent movie you can find it online. This ANZAC Day the Carterton RSA and Council included young Māori in the official service. Dallas and Anaru Te Rangi’s contribution was a moving reminder that a much larger proportion of Māori than pakeha died protecting a country that most of them had no ties with. 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