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Sandra Sarala

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Sandra Sarala is a singing poet, journalist, editor, actor, book maker, event organiser, and permaculturist. Since leaving New Zealand in 1997 she has lived and worked in South Korea, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Italy. She's been based in Berlin since spring 2002.

New Zealanders attend the dawn ceremony to mark the 94th anniversary of the World War I campaign of Gallipoli at Anzac Cove on April 25, 2009 in Gallipoli, Turkey.(Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

Memories of memorials: Looking back at the Anzac Days of my life

Over the past two decades, Sandra Sarala has attended Anzac Day ceremonies in Wellington, Berlin, Moscow and at Gallipoli itself. She reflects on the meaning of our war memorial day as the terrorist threat grows in Europe and Turkey slides towards dictatorship.

By Sandra Sarala | 25th April, 2017