Free Display Of Anzac Art

New Zealand Defence Force
Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa
Media Release
21 May 2009

Free Display Of Anzac Art

The Monet might be over but Wellington residents can catch a display of students’ art currently on show at Defence House in Aitken Street, Thorndon.
The display is a selection of the over 800 entries received for the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) Operation Anzac Spirit competition which asked Year 7 and 8 students to submit a poster showing what Anzac Day means to them.

“We had such a huge range of fantastic entries that we thought putting them on display in our windows would provide a good opportunity for the public to see them,” said NZDF Events Manager Ally Clelland.

“Defence House staff have noticed the artwork has already attracted a lot of interest, with some people even stopping in the rain to have a look at the free display.”

The competition was won by Dahnyelle Hinemaurea Rogan-Ngata, 12, of Palmerston North, who submitted a poignant poster about her koro matua (great-grandfather) who served in the 28th (Maori) Battalion.

The RSA will select 12 of the competition entries to produce a calendar for 2010 which will be used as part of the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.

The artwork will be on show until 1 June.

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