Young Kiwi to read winning WW1 poem at House Of Lords
10 year old Kiwi heading to the House of Lords to read prize-winning WW1 poetry in honour of her relative who died at Gallipoli.
Canterbury
Pieta is a 10 year old Kiwi from Christchurch who is heading to the House of Lords, next month to collect second prize from three hundred entries in a WW1 commemorative poetry competition open to children across the Commonwealth. Her winning Poem “Lemon squeezer boneyard" named after the iconic hat worn by ANZACs in WW1 was inspired by her Great-Great-Great Uncle Lance Sargent Arthur Greenwood of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles who died in August 1915 at Gallipoli. Arthur travelled to Egypt with the best horse from his father’s stable, Aladdin who he never got to ride after being sent to the cliffs of Gallipoli.
She is fundraising for her air fares to London, so she can read the poem for Arthur and represent New Zealand as the first kiwi to enter this competition and win a prize. Thank you for your support.
Joanna Mackle's involvement (page creator)
As Pieta's mum I am accompanying her on this trip, but will be paying my own way. The fundraising is solely for Pieta's airfares to London and back. Her family is covering the remaining expenses.
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