Moving Pictures

My choice of video from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today ☺

This one was a real tear-jerker, one of those weird parts of the the job when the media is invited to attend a funeral or a memorial, in honour of the person who has died. It was a privilege to be there.

Corporal Duggy Grant remembered

Memorial service at Western Hills Cemetery, Park Island, Napier, for New Zealand SAS Corporal Douglas Grant KIA, aka Duggy Grant, killed in action in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011.

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Links to some of my other videos:

Stuart Nash, Labour MP, Napier

Amalgamation: We say No! (video)

Speakers opposing local government amalgamation, at a debate hosted by Hawke's Bay Today, at Napier Boys' High School, Napier.
Video my Me, edited by Paul Taylor, cover photo by Paul Taylor ☺

Lawrence Yule, mayor, Hastings District Council

Amalgamation: We say Yes! (video)

Speakers supporting local government amalgamation, at a debate hosted by Hawke's Bay Today, at Napier Boys' High School, Napier.

Cover photo by Paul Taylor ☺

Front: Thahirah Jalal, Hastings

"Diversity takes courage" (video)

Excerpts from some of the speakers at the Asians in the Bay Awards, at East Pier, Napier.

"Suicide is not an option" (video)

Westpac Ambassador John Kirwan shares his personal story around depression, resilience, and hope, at Hastings Girls' High School, Hastings. Interview by Jonathan Dine

Toxic toy found in Napier (video)

A fruit-head doll which contains Phthalates and is subject to a Europe-wide recall notice has been found in a Napier op shop by Mary O'Neill. Phthalates is banned in children's  toys and can be dangerous if ingested. 

Sea challengers train at Waimarama (video)

Kim Nilsson, Hastings, Michael Peterson, Napier, and James Laver, Waipawa, from the Waimarama Surf Lifesaving Club, out in their IRB, training for The 90 Mile Classic on 12 September.

See more Hawke's Bay Today videos here