On The Up: Tauranga Girls’ College to create mosaic tribute honouring women in war

On The Up: Tauranga Girls’ College to create mosaic tribute honouring women in war


It will feature a red cross/poppies honouring nurses and medical staff, a Defence Force symbol linking past and present, a dove symbolising the future and a woman in the field as a tribute to work on the home front. “What it’s doing is bringing history alive, and it’s a recognition of young people, while sometimes we think they’ve lost sight of the past, they are recognising what’s happening right now and how it connects to the past.” She said the project was a reflection of the path women had taken before the students, and it seemed right to have a memorial to women.

Author: Kaitlyn Morrell


Published at: 2025-09-03 22:00:00

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