A reflective piece on the fading memory of New Zealand's citizen soldiers, emphasizing the loss of personal, lived experiences as the last living veterans pass away and younger generations lack direct connection to their service.
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Yeah, I think that's a really interesting question because, yeah, as you said, the guys that went off for the Boer War or World War I especially, it was, you know, I think they always try and wrap it up, you know, they went for king and country and stuff like that. I don't necessarily agree with that. I think it was an adventure. You know, those times people wouldn't go outside of their region, travel wasn't as big and you went with your mate. mates that it was seen as a group of community sort of thing and I think certainly when we're talking about the Maori battalion especially so and I think when you go to this day I think people are a lot more I guess aware of propaganda, the idea of fighting for an old man on a funny chair in another country probably doesn't have the same resonance that it did then. But that aspect of doing something bigger than yourself is still a driving factor for people. You know, I was watching a video recently of a New Zealander who's gone to fight for Ukraine. And the overwhelming thing that came through in his speaking about why he did that, why he dropped out of university and went to another country on the other side of the world to fight is for a feeling of justice that what was happening wasn't right and that he needed to do something. And I think that is probably the driving factor in people's service today.
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anti-glorification, grounded in mourning and realism
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