Katikati poet, historian and ex-gunner Mike Subritzky has struck up another proud moment with the reading of his poem Kiwi Peacekeepers at Government House.

Mike was among 150 guests at the annual Gunners Day Dinner 2022 hosting members of the Royal New Zealand Artillery Association in Auckland last month.

The reunion culminated in the reciting of one of Mike’s poems.

”To have a poem read amongst all of my friends and the Governor-General was very uplifting, such a proud moment,” he says.

Mike is a retired professional soldier, having served in the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Artillery and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Most of his 25-year career was spent in the Royal New Zealand Artillery as an instructor teaching young gunners how to operate the mighty howitzers.

Mike is a well known war poet with an international reputation and his work appears in numerous books, CDs and anthologies.