A Whanganui man has written a book on the history of the Wanganui Sea Cadet Unit.
Doug Bradley, a former sea cadet himself, joined the unit last year as their public relations officer. It was while he was working there that he began to write The Sea Cadet.
While in the role, the New Zealand Cadet Force historian sent a message asking for information on how the unit's historical documents were saved.
"It was asking how we saved all our historical papers and training programmes, and it was handed to me and I was asked to be the spokesperson for the unit. So I agreed to do it.
"I realised I'd only been in the unit five minutes, however I knew the history, so I started researching the history and decided, 'Well, if I'm researching it I might as well write a book'."