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Bonjour à tous, My name is Emma Hartshaw and I am a Year 12 student at Cashmere High School in Christchurch. This year I have the utmost privilege of being a Young Ambassador for the Following Family Footsteps trip for 2018.

Hi Team! It’s been nearly 2 years since going to France with the young ambassador’s programme ...

I was a crazy francophile back in 2014 and I’m proud to say that nothing has changed, nearly three years later.  

I have always wanted to be a doctor.

Three years have passed since my wonderfully experience as a Shared Histories ambassador.

Oh how time flies when you’re having fun!

Francophones en herbe

He aha te kai ō te rangatira?

He kōrero he kōrero he kōrero

Quelle est la nourriture du leader?

C’est la connaissance, c’est la communication.

What is the food of the leader?

It is knowledge, it is communication.

I was selected last year as one of the 10 young people from around New Zealand to go to France as a Shared Histories Young Ambassador, and commemorate New Zealand's involvement in the war. It was an incredible experience to be a part of the Young...

La semaine dernière

5 more days until we fly to France. I am feeling very excited and nervous at the same time! I can’t wait to go back to France and go there with a significant purpose. All i want to take with me on this trip is an open mind, i want to capture everything that will help me illustrate my project to people. From the French point of view, to the New Zealand point of view and German. I want to show people through my project that we are all human, they were human and no matter...

While uncovering the story of my great grandfather, I became fascinated with the detail of the various war records - whether they be the enlistment forms or the day-to-day journals written from the field. Here are some interesting bits and pieces I came across on my travels...

The cover photo shows my great grandfather's original attestation for general service when he would have signed up to go over to Samoa within the first few days of war breaking out. This is the second form he would have...

Salut!

Thank you to everyone who has helped out with fundraising, especially the Whakatane West Rotary and Harvey Norman Whakatane.    

My project is based on a few of the soldiers from the Whakatane area and also sharing some information about the pioneer battalion at the Somme. Thank you to the Whakatane research centre, Sonia Edwards and Sarndra Lees from Auckland war memorial museum for assisting me with finding information.   

However In this post i’m going to share the story of a...