15 Nov 2019

Taranaki schoolkids put right a 100-year wrong

From Checkpoint, 6:21 pm on 15 November 2019

Two New Zealand soldiers of German heritage who were killed in World War One, have finally been acknowledged - thanks to four Taranaki schoolkids.

Omata brothers George and Herman Bollinger were deliberately left off a memorial because of their heritage - and that just didn't sit right with students at the local school.

RNZ Taranaki-Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.