Omata schoolkids put right a 100 year wrong 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.

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