Mahi For Ukraine

Pleased to see this important piece by Maria Starozhytska published, and grateful to have had the opportunity to collaborate on pitching it to the media.

Ukraine’s Day of Heroes is about memory, sacrifice, and values — and this article raises an important question for New Zealand: how we recognise those New Zealanders who chose to defend freedom in Ukraine and never came home. 💙💛🙏🏻

Maria draws a powerful parallel between how New Zealand honours its fallen through ANZAC remembrance and why those who died defending Ukraine should also have a place in our collective memory. Grateful to Stuff for picking up this important conversation.

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361011860/new-zealanders-killed-defending-ukraine-deserve-commemoration-home

Ron Mark Mariia Starozhytska

New Zealanders killed defending Ukraine deserve commemoration at home OPINION: It was here, in New Zealand, that I first discovered something profoundly important, and painfully relevant to Ukraine: the deep and sincere way this country honours its fallen.