ANZAC DAY is almost upon us again and it seems there is a never-ending stream of stories that tell of courage, heroism and commitment to a cause.
Usually these stories relate to the men and women who either gave their lives, their health or the best years of their youth in defence of their country but last week we told the remarkable story of Bess, the horse.
For those of you who saw the film War Horse, reading about Bess was confirmation it was not only men and women who lived through the horrors of war, died on battlefields, or returned broken.
Bess was our own, homegrown war horse.
She was born in South Wairarapa and served with distinction in many theatres of war, a war regarded as cruel and bloodthirsty to the extreme.