My Family - A new life in New Zealand

Whoever said it’s only older people are interested in history? Towards the end of 2017 this was shown to be not always the case, when young Jack Blyth (12), read out his winning essay to an appreciative Founders Hawke's Bay audience.

The competition was offered to Hereworth School, Havelock North, and the Year 8 boys chosen for the venture adopted it with gusto. This initiative started the conversation about how to engage youth in the discovery of their ancestors arriving to New Zealand, the prospect of a better life, hardships along the way, and some particularly memorable events for some family members