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Christophe Onraet
Luitenant-Kolonel and Provincial commander West Flanders
Tamati Coffey
New Zealand politician and former television host and presenter.
Greg Andrews
New Zealand Ambassador to Belgium
Wim Opbrouck
Flemish actor and singer.
Rudi Vranckx
Television war journalist
General Petr Pavel
Czech army officer and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Right: Paul Breyne
Governor of the Flemish province of West Flanders
Capt. Jerry Purvis
Piloting The Aircraft Carrier: Queen Elizabeth: Jerry Purvis
David Cunningham Carter
David Cunningham Carter is a New Zealand National Party politician and former Speaker of the House, having also previously been a cabinet minister.
Willie Apiata
Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata, VC (born 28 June 1972) is a former corporal in the New Zealand Special Air Service, who became the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. He received the award on 2 July 2007 for bravery under fire during the War in Afghanistan in 2004, in which he carried a gravely wounded comrade across a battlefield, under fire, to safety.
Apiata is the only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand, as opposed to the British Victoria Cross previously awarded.[2] There are no living New Zealand recipients of the Victoria Cross, which was last awarded to a New Zealander for actions in the Second World War. Between 1864 and 1943, 21 members of the New Zealand forces were awarded the Victoria Cross including Captain Charles Upham, awarded a Bar to the Victoria Cross in 1945 for gallantry in Egypt in 1942.[3]
Apiata has donated all of his medals, including his VC, to New Zealand.[4] In 2008 he succeeded Sir Edmund Hillary as the "most trusted New Zealander".
Apiata is the only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand, as opposed to the British Victoria Cross previously awarded.[2] There are no living New Zealand recipients of the Victoria Cross, which was last awarded to a New Zealander for actions in the Second World War. Between 1864 and 1943, 21 members of the New Zealand forces were awarded the Victoria Cross including Captain Charles Upham, awarded a Bar to the Victoria Cross in 1945 for gallantry in Egypt in 1942.[3]
Apiata has donated all of his medals, including his VC, to New Zealand.[4] In 2008 he succeeded Sir Edmund Hillary as the "most trusted New Zealander".
Wayne Abbott
Producer/Director/Cinematographer
Arnout Hauben
Director and reporter
Stijn Vanderhaeghe
Belgian journalist author and publicist
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