This was (and is, I hope) one of the handsomest buildings on the Coromandel Peninsula; it stands in Coromandel township itself. I just painted the central part of it, leaving out wings on either side. As with so many New Zealand public offices it has its war memorial. In this case a well-crafted soldier in traditional uniform complete with his lemon-squeezer hat.
'Honour' stands out proudly over too long a list of names of men who died fighting Britain's wars. But those wars were in times when white New Zealanders still called Britain 'home'. Never again.
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