One hundred pupils from Timaru South School received a short history lesson when the Poppy Flight reached Timaru. READ MORE:* Nationwide poppy flight bound for South Canterbury* Rangitata and Timaru on New Zealand-wide Anzac Poppy flight relay* What's On in South Canterbury: December 21-23, 2018* 93-year-old former fighter pilot takes to the skies again in South CanterburyThe artworks were unbundled and poppies knitted in South Canterbury were sewn on the poppy artwork by members of the Timaru and Temuka Knit and Natter groups. Richard Pearse Airport manager Matt Sisson said the airport, Timaru libraries and South Canterbury Museum worked together to organise a welcome for the Poppy Flight. The nationwide Poppy Flight has been organised to increase awareness of Anzac Day as well as raising money for the NZ Returned Services Association and Starship Foundation. Reon Blake was due to depart Timaru for Oamaru in his Cherokee ZK-DEK, in the afternoon, on the next leg of the Poppy Flight.

Source: Stuff April 07, 2021 01:41 UTC