Young bagpiper Jack Boon (18) took his leading role in the Anzac Day parade through his adopted town right in his stride, with nary a foot nor a note wrong. A former St Andrew’s College pupil, Jack graduated from the college at the end of last year. This year he was selected as one of the 2025 intake for the Growing Future Farmers' programme, and for the past three months he has been employed at Ōmārama Station. Annabelle and Richard Subtil are two of the scheme’s farmer trainers On Anzac Day Jack offered to play the pipes for the traditional parade from the Ōmārama Fire Station to the Memorial Hall as well as during significant moments in the service. A man of few words, on the day he let the pipes do the talking. ... >>> continue reading <<<