tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77531060786335305882024-03-13T09:13:29.190+02:00New Zealanders in Greece (Griwis)Kia Ora, Kalos ilthate, Welcome!
This website is for all New Zealanders and friends of New Zealand living in Greece.
The name Griwis was coined by Griwi Robyn Christou who was living in Greece at the time but is now back in NZ, and we liked it so much we kept it!
As a result of the closure of the New Zealand Embassy in Athens in 1991, and our petition protesting this, we set up The Hellenic New Zealand Association in 1995 and have been active in Greece since then.Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-81077527078487756662019-04-23T22:28:00.000+03:002019-04-23T22:37:33.479+03:00Lest we forget....Remembering Gallipoli: ANZAC Day 2019 in Athens, Greece <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Lest we
forget....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">At the
going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">We
will remember them,We will remember them...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Australia
New Zealand Army Corps</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Lest we forget....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Anzac
Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th around the world. <a href="http://www.griwis.blogspot.gr/2012/04/anzac-day-2012-in-greecelest-we-forget.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The ANZAC tradition – the ideals of
courage, endurance and comradeship that are still relevant today – was
established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, using Lemnos island as a support base. </span></span></span></div>
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eight months and would result in thousands of Australian and New Zealand casualties
and deaths. Their memory and sacrifices
are honoured at ceremonies around the world each year on 25 April. <br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">The
Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and
friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Thursday 25 April 2019, 11.00 a.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">The Commonwealth War Cemetery</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">High School S</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">tudents</span> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">of Australian and New Zealand descent from </span>Campion School of Athens who participated in the moving ceremony pose with the previous Australian Ambassador to Athens HE John Griffin.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">History lessons in situ - i</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">nvolving future generations.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
could be free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Let's remember too, the first 'modern' genocide, that of the 1.5
million Armenian, 700 thousand Greek and 500 thousand Assyrian
Christians who were slaughtered </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">or
expelled from the Pontos in the first systematic ethnic cleansing of
the 20th century by the Turkish army as they sought to 'purify' their
land of peoples who had lived there for centuries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Massacres,
forced deportations, death marches, summary expulsions, arbitrary
executions and the destruction of Christian Orthodox cultural,
historical and religious monuments were just a few of the 'weapons'
chosen by the Young Turks to bring about this genocide... a genocide
which has been recognised by the International Association of Genocide
Scholars in 2007, and by Greece, Cyprus, Holland, Sweden, Armenia,
France and Germany, the EU Parliament and Pope Frances recently but
which Turkey still refuses to acknowledge... </span></span><br />
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Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-73868395694448482232018-04-23T12:28:00.000+03:002018-08-27T12:41:27.898+03:00Remembering Gallipoli: ANZAC Day 2018 in Athens, Greece <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Anzac
Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th around the world. <a href="http://www.griwis.blogspot.gr/2012/04/anzac-day-2012-in-greecelest-we-forget.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The ANZAC tradition – the ideals of
courage, endurance and comradeship that are still relevant today – was
established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, using Lemnos island as a support base. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">It was the start of a <b>gruelling </b>campaign that lasted
eight months and would result in thousands of Australian and New Zealand casualties
and deaths. Their memory and sacrifices
are honoured at ceremonies around the world each year on 25 April. <br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Lest we
forget....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">At the
going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">We
will remember them,We will remember them...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Australia
New Zealand Army Corps</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Lest we forget....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">The
Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and
friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">The Commonwealth War Cemetery</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alimos</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Let's remember too, the first 'modern' genocide, that of the 1.5
million Armenian, 700 thousand Greek and 500 thousand Assyrian
Christians who were slaughtered </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">or
expelled from the Pontos in the first systematic ethnic cleansing of
the 20th century by the Turkish army as they sought to 'purify' their
land of peoples who had lived there for centuries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Massacres,
forced deportations, death marches, summary expulsions, arbitrary
executions and the destruction of Christian Orthodox cultural,
historical and religious monuments were just a few of the 'weapons'
chosen by the Young Turks to bring about this genocide... a genocide
which has been recognised by the International Association of Genocide
Scholars in 2007, and by Greece, Cyprus, Holland, Sweden, Armenia,
France and Germany, the EU Parliament and Pope Frances recently but
which Turkey still refuses to acknowledge... </span></span>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-72259502721708871512016-04-24T21:29:00.000+03:002019-04-23T22:36:12.180+03:00Remembering Gallipoli: ANZAC Day 2016 in Athens, Greece <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
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Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th around the world. <a href="http://www.griwis.blogspot.gr/2012/04/anzac-day-2012-in-greecelest-we-forget.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The ANZAC tradition – the ideals of
courage, endurance and comradeship that are still relevant today – was
established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, using Lemnos island as a support base. </span></span></span></div>
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eight months and would result in thousands of Australian and New Zealand casualties
and deaths. Their memory and sacrifices
are honoured at ceremonies around the world each year on 25 April. <br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Lest we
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">At the
going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: italic;">We
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Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and
friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Alimos</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">(Posidonos Avenue and Ethnarhou Makariou Street)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
could be free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Let's remember too, the first 'modern' genocide, that of the 1.5
million Armenian, 700 thousand Greek and 500 thousand Assyrian
Christians who were slaughtered </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">or
expelled from the Pontos in the first systematic ethnic cleansing of
the 20th century by the Turkish army as they sought to 'purify' their
land of peoples who had lived there for centuries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Massacres,
forced deportations, death marches, summary expulsions, arbitrary
executions and the destruction of Christian Orthodox cultural,
historical and religious monuments were just a few of the 'weapons'
chosen by the Young Turks to bring about this genocide... a genocide
which has been recognised by the International Association of Genocide
Scholars in 2007, and by Greece, Cyprus, Holland, Sweden, Armenia,
France and Germany, the EU Parliament and Pope Frances recently but
which Turkey still refuses to acknowledge... </span></span>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-80465881299905640612015-08-12T15:40:00.001+03:002015-08-13T14:29:38.438+03:00Dear Greek Prime Minister, Please DON'T Close the Greek Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Αξιότιμε κύριε Πρωθυπουργέ, </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Παρακαλούμε ΜΗΝ κλείσετε την Πρεσβεία της Ελλάδας στην Νέα Ζηλανδία!</span></h3>
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<i>With this announcement via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Embassy-of-Greece-in-New-Zealand/1418881365002139?fref=nf" target="_blank">Facebook</a> on 31 July 2015, the Greek Embassy in Wellington advised the public of the imminent closure of the post.</i></div>
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<i>A few days later, yesterday, 11 August 2015, again via Facebook, the Greek Embassy advised that all consular services would cease on Friday 21st August, 2015, just 10 days notice for people to get their paperwork in order and we all know what getting Greek documentation in order means</i>...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The issue of economic cutbacks because of the Greek economic crisis has been on the horizon for a few years now. The Greek Associations of New Zealand had made proposals to the Greek government in 2012 that could well have put off such an unnecessary step backwards in terms of bilateral relations but have been ignored, and New Zealand's citizens of Greek descent are understandably upset at the lack of response to their proposals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On August 3, the Greek Community of Wellington and Suburbs, the largest Greek community organisation in New Zealand, sent a new letter, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">co-signed by the other Greek community organisations, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">requesting that the Greek government reconsiders its decision.<br /><br />We support that request and urge the Greek government to keep the communication going. This is not the kind of news we like to see especially when we worked so hard to
ensure equivalent diplomatic representation in both Greece and New
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Hellenic New Zealand Association in Greece was set up as a result of the closure of the NZ Embassy in Greece 24 years ago. </span>Shortly after the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete, in 1991, the New Zealand Government decided to close the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">New
Zealand Embassy in Athens, ignoring the bonds of friendship that have
bonded the two sides and were forged on the battlefields of World War II. </span>The New Zealanders living in Greece decided we needed to let the NZ government know that we </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">were not at all happy with what we considered a not well-thought out decision and </span>not
convinced by the reasons given for this closure. We believed that it
was very important to make an official protest by way of a petition </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">protesting the shortsightedness of this move by the New Zealand Government and for the next few months </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">travelled
around Greece collecting signatures to support it. We presented it to the New Zealand government and in April of 1992 I
addressed a Special Parliamentary Committee in support of our petition. The Embassy has not reopened, but 18 months after it closed the Athens Embassy, New Zealand opened an Embassy in Turkey sending the wrong kind of messages to us all. The rest is history but we do not forget. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When NZ closed the Athens Embassy we considered it a major step
backwards in bilateral relations and have worked consistently to ensure
the issue remains on the front burner. With Greece closing Wellington, diplomatically things get worse, especially with an increasing number of Greek citizens either returning to or taking up residence in New Zealand for the first time and an increase in imports from Greece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We urge the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr <b>Kotzias</b>, and the Prime Minister, Mr <b>Alexis Tsipras</b>, to reconsider their decision and, at the very least, retain a consular level appointment that will respect and reflect the strong relations between our two countries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Υπάρχει δικαιολογημένη δυσαρέσκεια στην Νέα Ζηλανδία με την ανακοίνωση ότι η εκεί Πρεσβεία έχει λάβει εντολή να ξεκινήσει τις διαδικασίες προσωρινής αναστολής λειτουργίας της, αλλά και για την έλλειψη σεβασμού προς τους Ελληνες πολίτες στην άλλη άκρη της γης, από μια πολιτική ηγεσία που δεν το θεώρησε 'αναγκαίο' να μπει στον κόπο να απαντήσει στα δίκαια αιτήματα της και να εξετάσει - τουλάχιστον - την πρόταση που της κάνουν για να αποφευχθεί ένα τέτοιο ενδεχόμενο.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Αντιδράσαμε έντονα και προς κάθε κατευθυνση όταν το 1991 η Νέα Ζηλανδία αποφάσισε να κλείσει την Πρεσβεία της στην Αθήνα για παρόμοιους λόγους, δηλαδη για να εξοικονομήσει πόρους. Οργανώσαμε ψήφισμα που υπεγράφη από ολους τους Νέο Ζηλανδούς κάτοικους της Ελλάδας, από Χαλκιδική μέχρι Κρήτη. Το ψήφισμα το στήριξε τόσο ο τότε ΥΠΕΞ <b>Αντώνης Σαμαράς</b> και η ΥΦΥΠΕΞ <b>Βιργινία Τσουδερού</b>, όσο και ο Αρχηγός της Αξιωματικής Αντιπολίτευσης <b>Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου</b>, και παραδώθηκε στον πρωθυπουργό της Νέας Ζηλανδίας στο τέλος του 1991. <br /><br />Το θεωρήσαμε προσβολή να κλείσει η Πρεσβεία της Αθήνας και το επαναλάμβαναμε συνέχεια σε όλους τους τόνους και με ευκαιρία κάθε επίσκεψη αξιοματούχου από την Νέα Ζηλανδία, κατι που συνεχίζουμε να κάνουμε και σήμερα, μόνο που σήμερα ήλθε αυτή η απρόσμενη απόφαση της Ελληνικής Κυβέρνησης και μας ξάφνιασε δυσάρεστα.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Η Ελλάδα πρέπει να κάνει οικονομίες αλλά όχι εις βάρος της ίδιας και μιας ομογένειας που στηρίζει την Ελλάδα δυνατά και σταθερά. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Οι διπλωματικές μας αντιπροσωπείες είναι η φωνή της Ελλάδας στον κόσμο. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Αυτή η φωνή πρέπει να ακούγεται όσο πιο δυνατά γίνεται</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> και να αξιοποιείται</span><i> </i>συνέχεια προς όφελος της Ελλάδας!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Δημοσιοποιούμε
την παρακάτω ανακοίνωση με την ευχή ότι οι πολιτικοί μας, ο ΥΠΕΞ, κ
<b>Κοτζιάς</b>, και ο Πρωθυπουργός, κ <b>Αλέξης Τσίπρας</b>, δεν θα αγνοήσουν την φωνή
της πιο-μακρινής-από-την-Ελλάδα ομογένειας, και θα ανταποκριθούν άμεσα
για να το πράξουν τώρα, δίνοντας έτσι ένα μήνυμα ελπίδας στους συμπολίτες μας. </span><i><br /></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><i><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">'Είναι ντροπή για τους Έλληνες της Νέας Ζηλανδίας η απόφαση του Ελληνικού
κράτους περί αναστολής λειτουργίας της Πρεσβείας της Ελλάδας στη χώρα
χωρίς καν την πρόβλεψη ενός έμμισθου Προξενείου το οποίο θα μπορεί να
εξυπηρετεί τις ανάγκες του Απόδημου Ελληνισμού σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ήδη
το 2012 στην πρώτη νύξη περί αναστολής της λειτουργίας της Πρεσβείας , η
Ελληνική Κοινότητα του Wellington πρότεινε τη μεταφορά της Ελληνικής
Πρεσβείας σε ιδιόκτητο χώρο της Κοινότητας έναντι πολύ μικρού
μισθώματος. Η επιστολή διαμαρτυρίας και η πρόταση του 2012 έμεινε
αναπάντητη. Το αποτέλεσμα της ολιγωρίας αυτής είναι εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες
ευρώ να έχουν δαπανηθεί αυτά τα τρία χρόνια σε ενοίκια, ενώ θα
μπορούσαν να έχουν εξοικονομηθεί και θα μπορούσε τελικώς να αποφευχθεί η
απόφαση αναστολής στην παρούσα φάση.<br />
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Μετά την πρόσφατη απόφαση αναστολής, εστάλη εκ νέου πρόταση, 03/08/2015,
με περισσότερες επιλογές, ωστόσο ξανά δε λάβαμε καμία απάντηση. Η
παραπομπή μας στην Πρεσβεία της Καμπέρας στην Αυστραλία είναι άνευ
λογικής και αναμένεται να δημιουργήσει τεράστια προβλήματα. Ενδεικτικά η
μετάβαση μας από το Wellington στην Καμπέρα απαιτεί πολυέξοδη και
πολύωρη αεροπορική μετακίνηση (ενδεικτικά από το Wellington χρειαζόμαστε
5.5 ώρες και το κόστος ανέρχεται το ελάχιστο στα 600 ευρώ, χωρίς τα
έξοδα διαμονής). Οι ιθύνοντες της απόφασης δε λαμβάνουν υπόψη τη
δυναμική της Ελληνικής παρουσίας στη Νέα Ζηλανδία, μια χώρα 4.500.000
κατοίκων. Υπολογίζεται ότι αυτή τη στιγμή περίπου 5000-6000 Έλληνες
βρίσκονται στη χώρα , ένας αριθμός κατακόρυφα αυξανόμενος την τελευταία
τριετία μετά τις οικονομικές εξελίξεις στην πατρίδα μας, την Ελλάδα.<br />
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Η επίσημη εκπροσώπηση της χώρα μας μέσω μιας Πρεσβείας ή έστω ενός
έμμισθου Προξενείου είναι απαραίτητη τόσο για την εξυπηρέτηση της
Ομογένειας (π.χ δήλωση γέννησης παιδιών, ανανεώσεις διαβατηρίων ,
κληρονομικές υποθέσεις, διαχείριση περιουσιακών στοιχείων στην Ελλάδα)
όσο και για την αίσθηση της ασφάλειας και της επίσημης εκπροσώπησης και
παρέμβασης της Ελλάδας σε μια κρίσιμη στιγμή (π.χ σεισμός). Μην ξεχνάμε
ότι η Νέα Ζηλανδία είναι μια χώρα με έντονη σεισμική δραστηριότητα.
Ενδεικτικό παράδειγμα αποτελεί ο τελευταίος καταστροφικός σεισμός στην
πόλη του Christchurch, το 2011. Κρίνουμε λοιπόν ότι για την αίσθηση της
ασφάλειας μας, τόσο εμάς που κατοικούμε εδώ, όσο και των οικογενειών μας
πίσω στην Ελλάδα , είναι αναγκαία η επίσημη εκπροσώπηση της χώρας μας
μέσω μιας Πρεσβείας ή ενός Προξενείου, το οποίο σε κατάσταση εκτάκτου
ανάγκης θα αποτελέσει γέφυρα για την επικοινωνία μας με την Ελλάδα.<br />
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Η Ελληνική Διασπορά της Νέας Ζηλανδίας και οι προσφάτως εκπατρισμένοι
Έλληνες που εξαιτίας των οικονομικών συνθηκών μεταβήκαμε σε αυτή τη
φιλόξενη χώρα, ζητάμε από την Ελλάδα και από τους Έλληνες πολιτικούς να
σεβαστούν το αίτημα μας και να απαντήσουν στη νέα πρόταση μας η οποία
έχει σταλεί από 03/08/2015. Ως Έλληνες πολίτες με υποχρεώσεις και
δικαιώματα απαιτούμε αυτή τη στιγμή από το Ελληνικό κράτος να μη μας
στερήσει το αναφαίρετο δικαίωμα για απρόσκοπτη συναλλαγή και σύνδεση με
τη χώρα μας. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>ΥΓ: Η επίσημη επιστολή η οποία εστάλη στις 03 Αυγούστου
2015 έχει προσυπογραφεί από όλες τις Ελληνικές Κοινότητες, Οργανώσεις,
Αδελφότητες και Σωματεία της Νέας Ζηλανδίας, καθώς και από την Ιερά
Μητρόπολη Νέας Ζηλανδίας και ακολουθεί.'</i></span><br />
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courage, endurance and comradeship that are still relevant today – was
established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, using Lemnos island as a support base. </span></span></span></div>
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and deaths. Their memory and sacrifices
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forget....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">At the
going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">We
will remember them,We will remember them...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Australia
New Zealand Army Corps</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The
Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and
friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Saturday 25 April 2015, 11.00 a.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Hellenic New Zealand Association member Robyn Gray </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
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Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th around the world. <a href="http://www.griwis.blogspot.gr/2012/04/anzac-day-2012-in-greecelest-we-forget.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span><br />
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War Museum and Carillon this week. <br />Photos Courtesy George Kanelos</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Places... where NZ soldiers fought and fell...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Medals...for heroism in faraway places</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let's remember too that this year also
commemorates 100 years from the first 'modern' genocide, that of the 1.5
million Armenian, 700 thousand Greek and 500 thousand Assyrian
Christians who were slaughtered </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">or
expelled from the Pontos in the first systematic ethnic cleansing of
the 20th century by the Turkish army as they sought to 'purify' their
land of peoples who had lived there for centuries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Massacres,
forced deportations, death marches, summary expulsions, arbitrary
executions and the destruction of Christian Orthodox cultural,
historical and religious monuments were just a few of the 'weapons'
chosen by the Young Turks to bring about this genocide... a genocide
which has been recognised by the International Association of Genocide
Scholars in 2007, and by Greece, Cyprus, Holland, Sweden, Armenia,
France and Germany, the EU Parliament and Pope Frances recently but
which Turkey still refuses to acknowledge... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">At the
going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">We
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Australia
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friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Hellenic New Zealand Association member Godfrey Hodsworth </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
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Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th around the world. <a href="http://www.griwis.blogspot.gr/2012/04/anzac-day-2012-in-greecelest-we-forget.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span><br />
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<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd><b>Aotearoa</b></dd><dd></dd><dd><br />
E Ihowā Atua,</dd><dd>O ngā iwi mātou rā</dd><dd>Āta whakarangona;</dd><dd>Me aroha noa</dd><dd>Kia hua ko te pai;</dd><dd>Kia tau tō atawhai;</dd><dd>Manaakitia mai</dd><dd>Aotearoa</dd><dd> <b> </b></dd><dd><b>God Defend New Zealand</b></dd><dd><b> </b>
</dd><dd>God of Nations at Thy feet,</dd><dd>In the bonds of love we meet,</dd><dd>Hear our voices, we entreat,</dd><dd>God defend our free land.</dd><dd>Guard Pacific's triple star</dd><dd>From the shafts of strife and war,</dd><dd>Make her praises heard afar,</dd><dd>God defend New Zealand.<br />
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Happy New Zealand Day Everyone! </dd><dd><br /></dd><dd><br /></dd><dd><br /></dd><dd>Related Post: <a href="http://griwis.blogspot.gr/2010/02/february-6-2010-happy-waitangi-day-to.html" target="_blank">Waitangi Day 2010</a><a href="http://griwis.blogspot.gr/2010/02/february-6-2010-happy-waitangi-day-to.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://griwis.blogspot.gr/2010/02/february-6-2010-happy-waitangi-day-to.html" target="_blank"></a></dd></dl>
Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-57398241967061009862014-01-08T22:57:00.000+02:002014-02-06T21:30:25.207+02:00New Zealand in Greece: Mario Frangoulis and Hayley Westenra - Hine e Hine <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kiwi Greek Magic! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hayley Westenra with Mario Frangoulis at Athens' Herodus Atticus Theatre</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">An absolutely beautiful duet by two ultra talented people.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thank you! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Magnificent setting, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">amazing people, beautiful music...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Superb concert!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Hine E Hine"</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A Maori Slumber Song-</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Written and composed by Princess Te Rangipaia </span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><i>E tangi ana Koe <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> Kua ngenge ana koe <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> Kati to pouri ra <br /> Noho i te Aroha <br /> Te ngakau o te Matua <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /><br /> E Hari to moe moea <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> Marama ahua <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> I roto i to moenga <br /> Mehemea he Marama <br /> Ka tae mai te Reinga <br /> Hine, E Hine!</i><br /><br />[English translation:]<br /><br /> <i>Plaintive all through the night - <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> Weeping till morning light - <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> From my care why try to leap <br /> There is love for you <br /> Mother's arms their strength will keep <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> See where there comes the morn <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> Long rays of early dawn <br /> Hine, E Hine! <br /> Shining to Reinga far <br /> Where thy noble grandsires are <br /> Nestle Aroha! <br /> Hine, E Hine!</i></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From Mario's amazing Concert "Beautiful Things" at the Herodus Atticus Theatre </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Athens, Greece<br />31 August 2012</span></span></div>
Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-46585378036703432852013-04-24T00:21:00.000+03:002013-04-24T00:25:24.659+03:00ANZAC Day 2013 in Greece...Lest we Forget<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">At the
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">We
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Australia
New Zealand Army Corps</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The
Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and
friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Thursday 25 April 2013, 11.00 a.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hellenic
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We who to clothe Hellas in freedom fought,<br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;">in memory of those who fell in Greece </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Anzac
Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th around the world. <a href="http://www.griwis.blogspot.gr/2012/04/anzac-day-2012-in-greecelest-we-forget.html" target="_blank">Read more</a> </span><br />
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Kaloriziko!<br />
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Great to see the efforts of our friends in Wellington to keep the community strong and dynamic, ensuring that the rest of us are kept informed as to what is happening in our Greek Communities around New Zealand.<br />
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A big thank you to Alexia and Andreas for the honour of an interview which was featured in the very first issue, in September 2012. <br />
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If you would like to subscribe or make enquiries please contact TA LEME's two very capable editors <br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> <i>Alexia Koullapis </i><br /> DDI: +64 27 360-1304<br /> akoullapis@greek.org.nz<br /> <br /> <i>Andreas Liolis</i><br /> DDI: +64 21 040-1260<br /> aliolis@greek.org.nz</span>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-25525088774260369832013-04-11T23:30:00.000+03:002013-04-23T23:41:12.400+03:00Nikos Aslanidis Presents New Zealand's Greek Communities on ET3's Alithina Senaria<br />
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The Chandris Liners brought most of New Zealand's Greek population </div>
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Recently reporters from Greek National Television's ET3 channel travelled to New Zealand to see and talk to the people who make up what is probably the Greek Community which is the furthest away from Greece... Nikos Aslanidis and his team from Αληθινά Σενάρια gives us a glimpse of the Wellington and Auckland Greek Communities and talks to both the old and the new immigrants who make up these communities.<br />
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Mr and Mrs Despotaki on their wedding day in Auckland </div>
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The wave of migration from Greece to New Zealand after New Zealand's
involvement in the Second World War and especially in the Battle of
Crete over 50 years ago took place under conditions markedly different
to those of today.<br />
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Greece's current economic crisis has led to a new
wave of migration to New Zealand, and as I have said many times, is
perhaps the only real positive outcome of this plague which has
descended on the people of Greece who are attempting to survive in an
environment of austerity, falling income levels, rising prices and rising
tax burdens.<br />
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The majority of Greek people have gone from a standard of
living where they were relatively comfortably off, with their own house and one or two cars, to the point where almost everyone is struggling to make ends meet, some are managing some are very definitely not, with assistance being given to the unemployed and the homeless, not by the consecutive governments whose gross mishandling of a credit crisis turned it into a humanitarian crisis but by NGOs and voluntary assistance from groups such as Boroume, Doctors without Borders, Kivotos and many others.<br />
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Unemployment is approaching an explosive and staggering 30% while Greece has a very
talented, highly qualified and educated population of young graduates - their parents have seen
to that - who are finding it impossible to get jobs which bear any
relation to their studies.<br />
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Businesses are closing, very few are opening and there is little economic stimulus provided for new investments by the very short sighted and arrogant representatives of the EU, The European Central bank and the IMF, commonly referred to as the Troika - grey suited, unimaginative number crunchers, who cannot, or will not, see the people behind the numbers and continue demanding their pound of flesh in order to 'save' Greece while killing her people so to speak. <br />
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When people do manage to find employment in
Greece, the almighty Troika has ensured that they will only be entitled
to the basic pay rate of around 500 euro per month... that's a grand
total of 20 euros per working day...<br />
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Things will improvem but in the meantime it is no wonder that these young
people are spreading their wings and by doing so enriching our
Communities abroad.<br />
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Our New Zealand Greek Community is one of these.<br />
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Auckland's Aghia Triada Church and Greek Community Centre </div>
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In a very interesting Part I, Mr Aslanidis talks to some of the older immigrants who went to New Zealand from Crete and from other parts of the world to Wellington and Auckland in the late 1950's and early 1960's, to their children and grandchildren as well as to some of the most recent additions, who are adding a new and dynamic dimension to Greek life in New Zealand.<br />
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You can watch Part I of the documentary <a href="http://www.ert.gr/webtv/et3-erevnitiki/item/12216-%CE%9Dea-Zhlandia-04-04-2013" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Part 2, will be shown later this week, on Thursday evening at around 10.30 Greek time.<br />
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Enjoy! <br />
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Putting Myths and other things in their rightful place...</div>
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By Guy Body for the <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/guy-body/news/article.cfm?a_id=149&objectid=10807189" target="_blank">NZ Herald </a></div>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-23594492569237733372012-04-23T21:30:00.001+03:002012-04-25T23:28:09.152+03:00ANZAC Day 2012 in Greece...Lest we Forget<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow
old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary
them, nor the years condemn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">At the
going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">We
will remember them,We will remember them...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Australia
New Zealand Army Corps</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Lest we forget....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The
Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and
friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative
Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Wednesday 25 April 2012, 11.00 a.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Commonwealth War Cemetery</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Alimos</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(Posidonos Avenue and Ethnarhou Makariou Street)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour
the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we
could be free.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hellenic
New Zealand Association</span>,</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Athens, Greece</span></b></div>
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We who to clothe Hellas in freedom fought,<br />
Lie here at rest in praise that fadeth not...</div>
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Names of those who fell in Greece </div>
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etched on marble forever more</div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Official representatives line up to lay wreaths </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;">in memory of those who fell in Greece </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the course of duty ...</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
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Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by
Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is
held every year on April 25th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: <a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzac-day/poppies" target="_blank">The
Red Poppy - NZ History</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">The Gallipoli
campaign</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In
1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an Allied
expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula, under a
plan to open the way to the Black Sea for the Allies. The objective was
to capture Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of
Germany</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The ANZAC force landed
at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish
Army commanded by Ataturk. What had been planned as a bold strike to
knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stale-mate, and the
campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915, the Allied
forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties
and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian and 2,700 New
Zealand soldiers died. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound
impact on Australians and New Zealanders at home and 25 April quickly
became the day on which they remembered the sacrifice of those who had
died in war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Though
the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives of capturing
Istanbul and knocking Turkey out of the war, the Australian and New
Zealand troops' actions during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but
powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an ANZAC Legend
became an important part of the national identity in both countries,
shaping the ways their citizens viewed both their past and their future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Read More at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day#The_foundations_of_Anzac_Day" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Wikipedia</a>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-31233491974602211452011-11-24T09:41:00.001+02:002011-11-24T09:53:06.435+02:00New Zealand National Elections, Saturday 26 November 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">and,if you're voting, make sure you don't mention the weather, because under the 1993 Electoral Act, "<i>statements such as `weather looks a bit bleak,
turnout quiet at this polling place' </i>would be prohibited as such a statement
could be construed as discouraging people from voting"... </span></div>
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<i>"Εισαστε ήρωες μιας πολύ σημαντικής μάχης για την Ευρώπη και για όλο τον κόσμο. "Αντισταθήκατε σε μέρες που ο ναζισμός φαινόταν ανίκητος. </i></div>
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<i>Και αντιμετώπισε το δικό σας σθένος, τη δικιά σας θέληση για την ελευθερία. </i></div>
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<i>Και υπέστη ο Χίτλερ τη μεγαλύτερη ήττα και έχασε ένα από τα πλέον επίλεκτα σώματά του, τους αλεξιπτωτιστές. </i></div>
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<i>Και αυτό είχε άμεσες συνέπειες στα αμέσως επόμενα σχέδιά του, όπως ήταν η δι’ αέρος κατάληψη της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας. </i></div>
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<i>Ήρθατε από πολύ μακριά, από τη Νέα Ζηλανδία. </i></div>
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<i>Και χύσατε το αίμα σας στην Ελλάδα". </i></div>
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<i>Οι δυο λαοί μας συνδέονται με δεσμούς αίματος. </i></div>
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<i>Και δεν υπάρχει πιο δυνατός δεσμός.</i></div>
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<i>Σας ευχαριστούμε και σας ευγνωμονούμε γι’αυτή τη μεγάλη θυσία.</i></div>
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<i>Είμαι εξαιρετικά συγκινημένος που σας συναντώ σήμερα. Αλλά ήταν και μεγάλη μου τιμή και μεγάλη μου χαρά να σας σφίξω το χέρι.</i></div>
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<i>Ήσασταν νέα παιδιά όταν αντιμετωπίσατε τον χιτλερισμό. Και δεν πτοηθήκατε. </i></div>
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<i>Και έχουμε και κάτι άλλο προσωπικά κοινό μαζί: και εγώ 15 χρόνων βγήκα στα βουνά της πατρίδας μου και πολέμησα τον χιτλερισμό.</i></div>
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<i>Σας ευχαριστώ.</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">"You are heroes of a very significant battle for Europe and for the whole world. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">You resisted at a time when Nazism seemed invincible. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">But it encountered your determination and courage, your thirst for freedom.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">And Hitler suffered one of his greatest losses, his elite parachutists.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">That of course impacted on his immediate plans for the aerial invasion and control of Great Britain.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">You came from faraway, from New Zealand and you shed your blood in Greece.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Our two peoples are united with bonds of blood and there is no greater bond.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">We are grateful and thank you for this great sacrifice.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I am extremely moved that I am meeting you today. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">But it is also a great honour and a pleasure for me to shake hands with you all.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">You were young men when you came face to face with Hitlerism. You didn't cower.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">We also have something else in common, I too fought as a 15 year old against Hitlerism in the mountains of my homeland </span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">With these emotionally charged words, the President of the Hellenic Republic, His Excellency Mr Karolos Papoulias, to the Presidential Mansion in Athens. In a simple but warm and emotional ceremony by Greece's Head of State , the New Zealand Battle of Crete Veterans were welcomed as heroes, showing them how truly appreciative the Hellenic people are of the sacrifices they made during those days in May 1941...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The surviving Battle of Crete Veterans continue to be so greatly committed and motivated as to undertake such a long journey, despite their advanced age (they are all now into their 90s) and any health problems they may face. A living testament of the friendship between Greece and New Zealand are truly inspiring and an honour for all of us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The delegation of New Zealand veterans of the Battle of Crete and families, <i>The Enduring Legacy Group</i>, was led by the former Mayor of Wellington, Kerry Prendergast, who despite her recent personal tragedy put on a tremendous effort. The group arrived in Greece on the 16th May 2011 for the 70th Anniversary celebrations of that epic battle and their first appointment was with the President of Greece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Our honourable veterans <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bill Bristow, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;">Brant Robinson, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;">Roye Hammond, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jim Wilson and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bain McKay, </span>along with Kerry Prendergast, Angelo Papageorgiou, a recipient of Greece's Order of the Phoenix and a Greek Community representative on the Organising Committee, Robin Klitscher, immediate Past President of the RSA and Robin Lloyd whose uncle fought in Crete, and myself made up the small party that was received by the President of the Hellenic Republic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">President Papoulias welcomes the veterans, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">In a private meeting with the delegation, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">President Papoulias listened carefully to the personal stories of each of the veterans and, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">visibly moved, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">recounted his own experiences as a young lad in the resistance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">President Papoulias then presented each Veteran with a gift, a symbolic gesture of gratitude from the people of Greece to these largely unsung heroes, who came from the other side of the world to fight for humanity and peace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The photos below are my photos from the reception at the Presidential Mansion </span><br />
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Elegant majesty and classic grecian architecture combined<br />
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A well deserved salute for Veteran Bill Bristow by one of the elite Presidential Guard Evzons as he exits the Presidential Mansion under the watchful eye of Kerry Prendergast and Robin Klitscher</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">As President of the <i>Hellenic New Zealand Association</i>, I was immensely pleased to have been able to organise this very significant meeting with the President and honoured to be part of such a historic event. We are grateful to the staff at the Presidency and especially Ambassador Dafaranos, who are to be commended for their cooperation and invaluable assistance.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Message of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">on the occasion of the New Zealand Veterans’ Delegation to Greece </span></b><b><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">for the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Crete</span></b> <br />
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The Battle of Crete, whose 70th anniversary is celebrated this year, marks an important moment in the Second World War, symbolically and strategically. Fighting against a superior number of Nazi elite troops, the heroic combatants of the united allied forces together with the civilian population of Crete fought for the values of freedom, dignity and democracy and sacrificed their lives defending their love for independence against the threat of a tyranny. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">According to many historians, the Battle of Crete altered the course of the Second World War, since the Nazi troops, apart from their great losses in the battlefield, slowed down their planning to expand the theater of war to the Soviet Union, initially scheduled to take place in a favorable, climatologically, season. </span></i><i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Honoring the memory of the heroic defendants of the island we also honor our Australian and New Zealand allies, with whom the Greek army and civilian population fought side by side. The loss of the New Zealanders, Australians and Greeks defending their ideals, forms an inextricable bond uniting past, current and future generations of our countries. </span></i><i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Our common history, not only in Crete, but also in other fronts of the two World Wars will always remind to us and to our children that the sacrifice of one’s life for a great cause is the most noble act of all, the one that creates history, elevates human nature and leaves a precious legacy to future generations. </span></i><i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Welcome Speech on the occasion of the function held in honour of the NZ WWII </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Veterans visit for the Battle of Crete at the Hotel Parthenon, Athens, Greece </span></b><b><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Athens 16 May 2011</span></b> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAEqrEAJVSGDUs7THXcGtUjo1uE7NxfbqIBx7-0uue4Jc8dNhgIM45H_zMbtKQFue26Sz1WkNl_va7TM_spVniECtPxMt4t19n7HKPLo2f_Pezo3s8CRcfRSvlqRf7HUWBruMlREE4H0/s1600/Hellenic+New+Zealand+Association+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAEqrEAJVSGDUs7THXcGtUjo1uE7NxfbqIBx7-0uue4Jc8dNhgIM45H_zMbtKQFue26Sz1WkNl_va7TM_spVniECtPxMt4t19n7HKPLo2f_Pezo3s8CRcfRSvlqRf7HUWBruMlREE4H0/s1600/Hellenic+New+Zealand+Association+Logo.jpg" /></a><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Dear Veterans, Kerry, Costa members of the Enduring Legacy Group and friends,<br /><br />Kia Ora! Kalos Ilthate! Welcome!<br /><br />Today has been an incredible day. Earlier today I was honoured to be part of a small group of people received by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Karolos Papoulias - a very memorable and moving meeting with the veterans, Kerry, Angelo, Robin and Robyn.</span></i><i></i><br />
<i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">On behalf of the New Zealanders living in Greece, or Griwis as we call ourselves, it is once again an honour, and a privilege, to welcome you to Greece, a land that cradles in its arms so many New Zealand servicemen who came to the other side of the world and fell in the course of duty.</span></i> <i><br /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">We welcome you to Athens, the first stop of your pilgrimage, on your way to Crete, to take part in the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the epic Battle for Crete. </span></i> <i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The strong spirit of friendship, which exists between the Hellenic and New Zealand people, was forged and strengthened by the devastating experiences shared by them during those historic days in May of 1941! The Battle of Crete is the next most significant event in New Zealand history after Gallipoli. </span></i><i><br /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The bonds forged on that battlefield still hold strong today. They continue to be built upon in the day-to-day intermingling of the two peoples and remain unique in a world of increasingly materialistic values and objectives. </span></i><i><br /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Your pilgrimage is evidence of this. Some of you, are yourselves, revered veterans of this battle; some of you are family members, representing, and honouring, those who are no longer with us, or who are unable to undertake this long trip; Whichever is the case, you are all here on a spiritual journey, to relive and trace those very significant moments in your personal family history, a personal history, which left its mark on world history itself. </span></i><i><br /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">It is no secret that the delay experienced by the German forces as they fought harder and longer than anticipated to take control of Crete and Greece, was instrumental in delaying the campaign, ultimately affecting the possible outcome of the War.</span></i> <i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Many of us here today have relatives who gave unstintingly, offering whatever they could - food, shelter, protection, nursing care for the wounded, or guidance over the Cretan mountains to eventual freedom. They knew that what they were doing was extremely dangerous but deliberately ignored the cost of their actions, forever grateful to soldiers who had come to the other side of the world to fight with them. </span></i> <i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">My own father-in-law is one of those valiant Cretans who helped a New Zealand soldier escape over those mountains, hopefully to safety. Both he and my mother-in-law, 8 months pregnant at the time, considered it an honour until their final days to have helped him, even though they don’t know if he made it. </span></i><i><br /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">There are others here who have a similar tale; maybe you can help. </span></i><i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">We welcome you all to Greece for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete, and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the sacrifices you, your forbears, and fellow soldiers made, so that we, and all the future generations, could live in a free, democratic and peaceful world. </span></i><i><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Welcome!</span></i> <i></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The gift given to each of the Veterans by President Papoulias</span></div>
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New Zealand's Honorary Consul-General in Greece, Mr Costas Cotsilinis also welcomed the veterans and advised them of the procedures to be followed once they were in Crete. <br />
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On Wednesday 18 December, the Enduring Legacy Group along with the other NZ Veterans group from New Zealand laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Hellenic Parliament in Syntagma Square. <br />
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This was followed by a second wreath-laying ceremony at the Commonwealth Cemetery in Alimos.<br />
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<a href="http://www.presidency.gr/?m=20110516">Presidency Press Release </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the video shown below, Battle of Crete Veteran Roye Hammond shares some of his memories with us just before the Enduring Legacy Group set off from New Zealand for the 70th Anniversary celebrations in Greece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You may li</span>ke to read the story of <a href="http://globalgreekworld.blogspot.com/2009/11/global-greek-events-ned-and-katina-real.html">Ned and Katina</a>, which is the real life love story of Ned Nathan, a wounded New Zealand soldier from the Maori Battalion who was cared for by a Cretan family, and Katina Torakis, the daughter of the family, who eventually married Ned and moved to New Zealand. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It has been beautifully documented by author Patricia Grace and makes wonderful reading for those who would like to read about this period of time.</span></div>
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</div>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-27521487756960423232011-04-27T21:39:00.001+03:002011-04-27T21:41:43.106+03:00NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully Meets Greek Counterpart Dimitris Droutsas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqY5EoxKVeBU1MBJhE5_-KBfj4IpEmgQ9WJIOF76fjSH6PzwoduEoZHUwwMUUH_5RJDMNgi9yi0GJnDwHkhyphenhyphenw-UfgBQ-iOf91N5h89law1hKV6LCpoFGdIJknYwbRVxAO0IUZlLstgcYY/s1600/droutsas+NZFM+McCully+27+04+11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqY5EoxKVeBU1MBJhE5_-KBfj4IpEmgQ9WJIOF76fjSH6PzwoduEoZHUwwMUUH_5RJDMNgi9yi0GJnDwHkhyphenhyphenw-UfgBQ-iOf91N5h89law1hKV6LCpoFGdIJknYwbRVxAO0IUZlLstgcYY/s320/droutsas+NZFM+McCully+27+04+11.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas receives NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">in Athens today </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Athens News</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas received </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Foreign Minister </span><st1:city style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" w:st="on">Murray</st1:city><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> McCully in </span><st1:city style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" w:st="on">Athens</st1:city> on Wednesday, <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">discussing the situation in the</span> <st1:place style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" w:st="on">Mediterranean</st1:place><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and issues of bilateral political and economic cooperation. The visit is taking place ahead of celebrations marking the 60th anniversary since the Battle of Crete in May 1941. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the meeting, the two ministers emphasised the significance of the Battle of Crete where Greeks and New Zealanders fought side by side in WWII, winning a victory that is widely regarded as decisive for the final outcome of the world war. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">New Zealand Defence Minister Wayne Mapp will also be visiting the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">island</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Crete</st1:placename></st1:place> in the next few days to attend celebrations for the anniversary. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In statements after the meeting, Droutsas again condemned the violent tactics of Syrian authorities to quell demonstrations in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>, insisting that reforms were the only solution. Commenting on developments in the Arab world, he underlined that violence was not a solution and that only the search of a political solution was viable in the long term. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Greek minister also briefed his counterpart on <st1:city w:st="on">Athens</st1:city>' efforts to ensure the accession of the western Balkans to the European Union and to find a solution in the name dispute with the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">McCully noted that <st1:country-region w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region> was distant geographically but very close to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> in terms of the European values of democracy, the rule of law and human rights. He described his talks in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Athens</st1:place></st1:city> as very constructive. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Droutsas underlined that the economic reforms currently taking place in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region> will make it a very attractive prospect for foreign investors and he emphasised the country's potential as a gateway for investors to southeast <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> and as a tourist destination. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">McCully also had talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis on Tuesday on bilateral economic relations, with emphasis on energy issues and especially renewable energy sources. Other topics discussed were developmental cooperation and humanitarian aid to </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">. (ANA)</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To read Greek MFA Press Release, <a href="http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/Articles/en-US/27042011_ALK1436.htm">Click Here</a> </span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-85258387312474508552011-04-23T17:22:00.000+03:002011-04-23T17:22:53.351+03:00ANZAC Day 2011 in Greece - LEST WE FORGET...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Lest we forget....</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow old</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative Celebrations</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"> Kali Anastasi - Happy Easter to all our friends! </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hellenic New Zealand Association</span>,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Athens, Greece</span></b></div><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">ANZAC Day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is held every year on April 25th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">The Gallipoli campaign</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an Allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula, under a plan to open the way to the Black Sea for the Allies. The objective was to capture Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The ANZAC force landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish Army commanded by Ataturk. What had been planned as a bold strike to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stale-mate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915, the Allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers died. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound impact on Australians and New Zealanders at home and 25 April quickly became the day on which they remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Though the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives of capturing Istanbul and knocking Turkey out of the war, the Australian and New Zealand troops' actions during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an ANZAC Legend became an important part of the national identity in both countries, shaping the ways their citizens viewed both their past and their future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Read More at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day#The_foundations_of_Anzac_Day" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Wikipedia</a>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-9160190459212186392011-03-01T12:43:00.001+02:002011-03-01T13:47:56.815+02:00Death Toll rises to 147 as New Zealand Stops for 2 Minutes of Silence for Christchurch...<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">People gather in Wellington's Parliament Gardens for the 2 minute vigil</div><br />
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Much of New Zealand came to a standstill this afternoon to remember the victims of last week's Christchurch earthquake. The two minutes silence was observed at 12.51pm, exactly a week since the 6.3 magnitude quake struck the city, killing many people. <br />
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In Christchurch, Prime Minister John Key and his wife Bronagh joined Christchurch mayor Bob Parker at the Arts Centre to mark the two minutes' silence. <br />
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The service at parliament was attended by the Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand and Lady Satyanand, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English, church and faith representatives, parliamentarians and members of the Diplomatic Corps...<br />
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Heartening to see that many New Zealanders living abroad along with friends of New Zealand also kept the 2 minute silence...<br />
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The video below, is a montage of photos from the earthquake set to the National Anthem - powerful, devastating, heartbreaking and particularly moving but at the same time full of strength, solidarity and determination to survive... a real tribute to the Kiwi psyche!<br />
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<b>Kia Kaha Christchurch! Kia Kaha New Zealand! </b><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GhKnJUCG3Hg" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-5991226291482739652011-02-24T10:43:00.001+02:002011-02-24T10:44:27.294+02:00Christchurch Earthquake - Death Toll continues to rise - 98 Confirmed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOH3NyhD85WsU38Ci2N8vao2qZLAohCOTEdSYFlhLqI5WqmZqDZrdeexmcgXSLSs40JjLWpeEN_T_Qybr4t8tEwup4nqm7YT48sJzBiysb8RKTiIcvaE5qYGQi_opZAJ-SphwHiOrTY4/s1600/Video+Still+Christchurch+Earthquake+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOH3NyhD85WsU38Ci2N8vao2qZLAohCOTEdSYFlhLqI5WqmZqDZrdeexmcgXSLSs40JjLWpeEN_T_Qybr4t8tEwup4nqm7YT48sJzBiysb8RKTiIcvaE5qYGQi_opZAJ-SphwHiOrTY4/s400/Video+Still+Christchurch+Earthquake+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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The death toll from the devastating Christchurch earthquake has risen to 98 with police holding grave concerns for 226 people...<br />
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Prime Minister John Key warned the nation to prepare itself for the worst. "We are very fearful tonight that the death toll could be much greater than any of us ever feared," he said. <br />
He also said it could be weeks before families had their loved ones' bodies returned. <br />
<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4697308/Christchurch-quake-226-missing-98-dead">read more </a><br />
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The video below from TVNZ allows us to share just some of the agony and the horror of what the people of Christchurch lived through and what our fellow NZers are continuing to live through as the search and recovery process continues and the death toll rises ... With other cities around NZ being continuously under threat of an impending major earthquake, and Wellington in particular which has been expecting a 'biggie' for as long as I can remember and where we were drilled from the Primers as to how to react, I am sure that these scenes simply confirm our worst expectations...<br />
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I have been unlucky enough to be in both major earthquakes in Athens, the first in February of 1981 and the second in 1999, and my reactions were almost automatic- the earthquake drills we had from our early childhood days in Wellington proving once more how important prevention training is...<br />
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Reminder:<br />
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Don't forget Google's <a href="http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/" target="_blank">Person Finder</a> for those looking for missing persons, or for those who have information about someone missing...<br />
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Contact number to ask about missing persons <b>00 64 7 8502199</b><br />
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Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost their loved ones or await news of missing persons... we hope for the best for them.<br />
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We understand that as far as members of the Greek Community in Christchurch are concerned, all seem to be well and accounted for so far...<br />
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You may also like to read a first hand report of the events from Artanis - the wife of the Greek School teacher in Christchurch who writes a blog on her family's life in Christchurch. <br />
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She starts off her latest post like this: <br />
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<i>5 μήνες μετά τον σεισμό του Σεπτεμβρίου, την Τρίτη 22/2 είχαμε όπως μάθατε κι εσείς, μια νέα δόνηση, μεγέθους 6,3 ρίχτερ, που χτύπησε στις 12.51 το μεσημέρι...Οι ζημιές είναι τεράστιες, υπάρχουν μέχρι στιγμής 75 νεκροί, και εκατοντάδες αγνοούμενοι, το ιστορικό κέντρο της πόλης, ισοπεδώθηκε: το καμπαναριό του καθεδρικού κατέρρευσε, το κτίριο της τηλεόρασης κατέρρευσε παγιδεύοντας δεκάδες, παλιά και νέα μοντέρνα κτίρια έπεσαν ή είναι ετοιμόρροπα, και μεγάλος μέρος της πόλης δεν έχει νερό και ηλεκτρικό, και για αποχέτευση ούτε λόγος...</i><a href="http://artanis71.blogspot.com/2011/02/christchurch.html">Read more</a> <br />
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Fingers crossed for EVERYONE...Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-1225429210428268452011-02-23T11:16:00.002+02:002011-02-23T11:51:06.494+02:00Tragedy in Christchurch as 6.3 R Earthquake Devastates City...75 Confirmed deaths<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRCAo9jvPybpPNHB-w_97-u3DNvx0HKMSv5IXJDODctKil3vBawftlYuPnf9tLcahZ3YPyETc8OjnWOMkBMnxeH34EyBu58jZ7Q-VEeuUVg_valAczBaDsG7z7VLhpitEdQrLZzUK7Jw/s1600/Tasman+Glacier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRCAo9jvPybpPNHB-w_97-u3DNvx0HKMSv5IXJDODctKil3vBawftlYuPnf9tLcahZ3YPyETc8OjnWOMkBMnxeH34EyBu58jZ7Q-VEeuUVg_valAczBaDsG7z7VLhpitEdQrLZzUK7Jw/s400/Tasman+Glacier.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4692057/Earthquake-causes-glacier-to-calve"><i><span class="messageBody">Source:Stuff NZ </span></i></a></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">'It doesn't matter where you are in the world, you are always a kiwi at heart and hurt for your country in it's hour of need when tragedy strikes. We are a small country that has suffered devastating tragedies in the last few months. We love you New Zealand. You can take a kiwi out of the country but you can't take the kiwi out of our hearts' </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"> </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">Vera Zivadinovic Georgiou - one of our Griwis living in Australia </span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"><br />
</span></span></i></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"></span></span></i></h6><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We all listened to the news in disbelief as we struggled to come to grips with the tragic news we all woke up to in Athens this morning ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christchurch, one of the loveliest of New Zealand's cities had had a major earthquake - <b>6.3</b> on the Richter scale, smaller than September's but much more destructive as it took place at 1 in the afternoon with a lot of people around... 65 people confirmed dead and a worst case scenario of possibly up to 400 human lives - a tragedy for our people and for New Zealand, one of New Zealand's darkest days. </span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As the day breaks in New Zealand and the search and rescue teams resume their task, our thoughts and prayers, wherever in the world we may be, go out to our fellow Kiwis - to those who have lost their loved ones, to all those waiting to be rescued and to those who are living with the agony of uncertainty...</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">55 identified bodies, at least another 20 confirmed deaths. At least 300 people missing, says Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker</span></span></h6><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/">www.civildefence.govt.nz</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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If anyone wants to find out about specific persons in Christchurch the following site has been set up by Google:<br />
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<a href="http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/">http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com</a></span> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To ask about people in New Zealand you may be concerned about, you can call:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">On Facebook several groups have been set up also:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/Support.Christchurch.Earthquake"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Supporting Christchurch Earthquake 22-02-11</span></a><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/">Graphic of the earthquake and aftershocks </a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/news-and-features/latest-news/2011/02/christchurch-earthquake-latest-update/">Latest updates from Tourism New Zealand</a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A great video on '<i>The Coolest Little Capital in the World</i>!' Enjoy! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow old</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">We will remember them,We will remember them...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Australia New Zealand Army Corps</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Lest we forget....</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Australian Embassy has invited New Zealanders and Australians and friends of both countries to attend the ANZAC Day Commemorative Celebrations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Sunday 25 April 2010, 11.00 a.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Commonwealth War Cemetery</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(Posidonos Avenue and Ethnarhou Makariou Street)</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Let's all be there, as we are every year, to honour the memory of those valiant young men who</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">came to the other side of the world to fight , not just in</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">World War I but in World War II as well, so that we could be free.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hellenic New Zealand Association</span>,</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Athens, Greece</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, and is held every year on April 25th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">The Gallipoli campaign</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an Allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula, under a plan to open the way to the Black Sea for the Allies. The objective was to capture Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The ANZAC force landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish Army commanded by Ataturk. What had been planned as a bold strike to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stale-mate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915, the Allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers died. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound impact on Australians and New Zealanders at home and 25 April quickly became the day on which they remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Though the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives of capturing Istanbul and knocking Turkey out of the war, the Australian and New Zealand troops' actions during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an ANZAC Legend became an important part of the national identity in both countries, shaping the ways their citizens viewed both their past and their future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Read More at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day#The_foundations_of_Anzac_Day" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Wikipedia</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To learn how to make traditional ANZAC biscuits, see previous post! </span>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-81194482937071453852010-04-22T10:48:00.000+03:002010-04-22T10:48:31.568+03:00ANZAC Day in Athens...and ANZAC Biscuits!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="quoted1">Athens put on it's best weather for ANZAC Day last year! We had all gathered at the Alimos Commonwealth War Cemetery to take part in the annual ANZAC Day celebrations, a very moving experience for all concerned. <br />
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After the ANZAC Day ceremony in Athens, we (my 9 year-old Anastasia and I) decided to make a batch of Allyson Gofton's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anzac Biscuits</span>.... I had written the post but forgotten to post...sorry for the delay, but it's just in time for this year. See you all on Sunday! <br />
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"<i>My Dad was a 'Digger' and proud of it, and the one thing that best recalls that time when we all pulled together is the Anzac biscuit, created with love by mums and daughters to send to their sons and fathers at the Front.</i>" - Allyson Gofton<br />
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</span><span class="quoted1">A good friend from Wellington sent me the recipe just for the occasion! Thanks Gina - they are as good as we remember them...even without Golden Syrup. Incidentally, I have yet to find the equivalent in Greece...I used honey, but any suggestions welcome!<br />
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</span><span class="quoted1">This recipe makes about 36. Preparation time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 12-15 minutes<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ingredients:</span><br />
1 cup flour,<br />
1 cup sugar<br />
1 cup rolled oats<br />
1 cup desiccated coconut<br />
175 grams butter<br />
2 tablespoons golden syrup<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla essence<br />
1 teaspoon baking soda,<br />
2 tablespoons boiling water<br />
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Preheat the oven to 180C. Lightly grease 1 or 2 baking trays or line with baking paper. In a large bowl, sift flour with a good pinch of salt. Stir in the sugar, rolled oats and coconut and make a well in the centre.<br />
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In a saucepan, melt the butter, golden syrup and vanilla essence </span>together.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div id="qb_1" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="quoted1">Dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water. Mix into the melted butter and quickly pour into the well. Mix all ingredients together quickly. Roll tablespoonfuls of the mixture into balls and place on the prepared trays. Flatten with the tines of a floured fork. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes until the biscuits have flattened out and have become a reddish-brown colour. Transfer to a cake rack. They will crispen as they cool. Store in an airtight container.<br />
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To make chocolate Anzacs, melt 150 grams dark chocolate either in the microwave or over the top of a double saucepan. Dip half an Anzac into the melted chocolate and allow the excess to fall off. <br />
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Place on a baking paper-lined tray and allow the chocolate to set before storing in an airtight container.</span></div>Griwishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782518514028543449noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753106078633530588.post-44821867320997908342010-02-06T12:27:00.009+02:002014-02-05T23:37:00.587+02:00February 6, 2010 - Happy Waitangi Day to All New Zealanders!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Happy Waitangi Day everyone!</span><span style="font-size: 130%;">
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</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;">I thought I would share with you all some of my Treaty of Waitangi pictures from the permanent exhibit at Wellington's Te Papa Museum, taken during my recent trip to New Zealand</span><span style="font-size: 130%;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">The <b>Treaty of Waitangi</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a>: <b>Te Tiriti o Waitangi</b>) is a treaty frst signed on February 6, 1840, by representatives of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">Crown</a>, and various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori" title="Māori">Māori</a> chiefs from the northern North Island of New Zealand. The Treaty established a British governor in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>, recognised Māori ownership of their lands and other properties, and gave Māori the rights of British subjects. However the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori language</a> versions of the Treaty differ significantly, and so there is no consensus as to exactly what was agreed. From the British point of view, the Treaty gave <st1:country-region st="on">Britain</st1:country-region> sovereignty over <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and gave the Governor the right to run the country; Māori seem to have had a range of understandings, many of which conflicted with the British understanding. After the initial signing at Waitangi, copies of the Treaty were taken around <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region></st1:place> and over the following months many other chiefs signed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Until the 1970s, the Treaty was generally ignored by both the courts and parliament, although it was usually depicted in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region> history as a generous and loving act on the part of the Crown. From at least the 1860s, Māori looked to the Treaty, with little success, for rights and remedies for land loss and unequal treatment by the state. From the late 1960s, Māori began drawing attention to breaches of the Treaty, and subsequent histories have emphasised problems with its translation. In 1975 the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Tribunal" title="Waitangi Tribunal">Waitangi Tribunal</a> was established as a permanent commission of inquiry tasked with researching breaches of the Treaty by the Crown or its agents, and suggesting means of redress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Today it is generally considered the founding document of </span><st1:place st="on" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><st1:country-region st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> as a nation; despite this, the Treaty is often the subject of heated debate. Many Māori feel that the Crown did not keep its side of the bargain, and have presented evidence of this before sittings of the Tribunal, despite a contrary view from some in the non-Māori population that Māori pay too much attention to the Treaty and use it to claim 'special privileges'. The Crown is in most cases not obliged to give effect to the recommendations of the Tribunal, but nonetheless in many instances has accepted that it breached the Treaty and its principles. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi_claims_and_settlements" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" title="Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements">Settlements</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> to date have consisted of hundreds of millions of dollars in money and assets, as well as apologies…</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi">Click here</a> to read more from Wikipedia.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">See how much you know about the Treaty of Waitangi...</span>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Take the </span><a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/node/6350/quiz/start/77c572616349ed5c7962bd00a46ef5ed" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Treaty of Waitangi Quiz</a><a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/node/6350/quiz/start/77c572616349ed5c7962bd00a46ef5ed" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> (Source: NZ History on line)</span>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">Representatives of the government and of the Māoris assembled at James Busby's residence, including Captain William Hobson. Henry Williams at the lower table explaining the text to a signatory, Captain J Nias, James Busby and Tamati Waka Nene.</span></div>
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<a href="http://history-nz.org/treaty.html" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Click here</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> to see original at the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand,</span>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Te Puna Matauranga O Aotearoa</span>
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