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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Auckland museum commemorated ANZAC day in the most elegant way possible. A host of programs was lined up on Saturday 25 April to entertain and educate the crowd as well as honour the soldiers who laid down their lives in Gallipoli.
The two main programmes for the day were the ‘Dawn Service’ at 6 am and the ‘Civic Services’ at 11 am. The Dawn marks the time of the initial landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and holds the symbolism of darkness making way for a new day. The returned service personnel marched to the war memorial and then were joined by the armed forces and the public.
During the Civic Services that started by a parade march from Cenotaph Road to Court of Honour at 11 am in front of Auckland War Memorial Museum, the rain however could not dampen the spirit of those present at the event.
The evening’s program continued with more enthusiasm by the Aucklanders who braved the winds and evening chills to watch the specially created film taken from TVNZ’s new First World War drama series, ‘When We Go to War’.
The museum walls projected as screens on two sides with people seated on the grass and picnic chairs enjoying the beauty of the evening and remembering their heroes. The audience consisted of not just the veterans but also the children, young men and women all gathered in numbers. The museum also showcased old and rare pictures of the soldiers of war and the New Zealanders at Gallipoli.
The Giant Poppy that was set up directly behind the museum.
Auckland museum commemorated ANZAC day in the most elegant way possible. A host of programs was lined up on Saturday 25 April to entertain and educate the crowd as well as honour the soldiers who laid down their lives in Gallipoli.
The two main programmes for the day were the ‘Dawn Service’ at 6...
Auckland museum commemorated ANZAC day in the most elegant way possible. A host of programs was lined up on Saturday 25 April to entertain and educate the crowd as well as honour the soldiers who laid down their lives in Gallipoli.
The two main programmes for the day were the ‘Dawn Service’ at 6 am and the ‘Civic Services’ at 11 am. The Dawn marks the time of the initial landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and holds the symbolism of darkness making way for a new day. The returned service personnel marched to the war memorial and then were joined by the armed forces and the public.
During the Civic Services that started by a parade march from Cenotaph Road to Court of Honour at 11 am in front of Auckland War Memorial Museum, the rain however could not dampen the spirit of those present at the event.
The evening’s program continued with more enthusiasm by the Aucklanders who braved the winds and evening chills to watch the specially created film taken from TVNZ’s new First World War drama series, ‘When We Go to War’.
The museum walls projected as screens on two sides with people seated on the grass and picnic chairs enjoying the beauty of the evening and remembering their heroes. The audience consisted of not just the veterans but also the children, young men and women all gathered in numbers. The museum also showcased old and rare pictures of the soldiers of war and the New Zealanders at Gallipoli.
The Giant Poppy that was set up directly behind the museum.
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