Reunion 'End of Mission'

From Pete Dawson:
Hi Everyone,
It's done and dusted and we have received 'End of Misson' for the reunion.
The results have been very positive with many comments of approval and only a few complaints.
We hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend in Christchurch or at least had the opportunity to renew old friendships and consolidate new ones. We certainly enjoyed ourselves and we tried to give everyone something to remember from the weekend.
We were amazed at the generosity of our Australian colleagues and comrades with their gifts of the banners, one for each Island, and from a Christchurch RSA perspective, we are very proud to be able to hold this banner on behalf of the Southern Gunners. We thank our Aussie mates for their generosity which has served to further cement the comradeship between ANZACs, particularly Gunners.
The dinner on Saturday night was tremendous with 107 Gunners and guests sitting down to eat. There was representation at that dinner from throughout NZ and from Australia and the Cook Islands, how great is that? We saw the presentation of the banners, the presentation to the NZ Gunner of the Year and also the promotion of a young Gunner who has been a major contributor to the organising committee for the entire weekend.
Sunday was great. The hotel staff were absolutely gob smacked that we would bring a field gun into a hotel carpark and hold a memorial service there with bugler, wreaths and all. They are now telling everyone in Christchurch that they now have one over all the others. They were very aware of the respect that was paid by our members to our colleagues and friends that have gone before us.
The RNZA Association AGM had a great turn out and it is great to see that we now have two new representatives on the committee 'at large' in Bill Olsen representing the sououth of the South and Skin Frances representing the north of the south. We understand that there has been an upsurge in membership of the Association as a result of the reunion and that is always good news.
The good news for us is that everyone enjoyed their visit to our shaky city, that there were no shakes to dampen the enjoyment of the weekend, and that everyone has returned home safely.
Let's get ready for next year in Auckland.
No one has issued 'Cease Firing' yet!
Take care and keep safe.
Kia Kaha
UBIQUE
Southern Gunners Organising Committee.