A bit of Kiwi ingenuity has involved using some common household items to create poppies and wreaths around the region for Anzac Day.
For Emma Davis (8), of Invercargill, all it took was a piece of cardboard, an egg carton, some paint and about half a day to create her poppy wreath (above).
The project was part of Waihopai School’s online learning for the week.
Her maths lesson earlier in the week had also included making Anzac biscuits — with measuring the focus.
Emma and her family plan to get up at 6am this morning to commemorate Anzac Day at their letterbox.
When asked why it was important, Emma replied: "So we remember the people that fought in the war."
Luggate has joined the trend towards roadside and streetside Anzac Day tributes.
Artist Sonia Richter (right) said she combined red and black painted flowers, barbed wire and decades-old christening gowns in a display to represent the children who lost their fathers in World War 1, and to acknowledge those returning to a country in the grips of the Spanish flu epidemic when the population was practising social isolation.
Mrs Vanderhilst said the wire soldier was made from an old bed spring and mai mai timber frame, and flanked by woollen poppy wreaths.
It commemorated both her and twin brother Paul’s father Peter MacDonald’s World War 2 British Merchant Navy service, and the sacrifices of the district’s young servicemen and women for their country.
She said the poppies — knitted by Balclutha Red Cross — would usually be placed at the Balclutha Cenotaph for Anzac Day, but had been repurposed to inspire Warepa residents and passers-by this year.
"We’ve never missed a dawn service before, so we thought we’d bring the commemorations home instead. It’s a bit different, but we’ll still be remembering tomorrow at dawn."
