Anzac Day

OPINION: Are our traditions and narrative of April 25 still relevant in a modern-day New Zealand that has never known war?

Every year, the portion of our population that Anzac Day speaks to and represents gets smaller, reflected in part by declining attendance at dawn services around the world. Perhaps the most relevant challenge to the Anzac Day story says that it commemorates a narrow, eurocentric part of New Zealand’s military narrative. But if many New Zealanders cannot see a bit of themselves in the story, maybe it is not the right one. In the book What’s Wrong with Anzac?, scholars claim that Australian history has been hijacked by military history, even as political, cultural, and industrial histories shaped the lion’s share of Australia’s identity. Are our traditions and narrative of April 25 still relevant in a modern-day New Zealand that has never known war? As a parent, Anzac Day has been challenging to navigate.

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After his term as Governor-General, Sir Jerry was the High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020. This year when I commemorate Anzac Day I will remember my two koroua and other veterans who have passed away. The reason, in part, is to protect our vulnerable older veterans - comradeship, kinship and whanaungatanga in practice. The spirit and example of the first Anzacs endure. Comradeship, kinship or whanaungatanga is a cornerstone of the Anzac spirit. For the past two years, we have commemorated Anzac Day differently because of the Covid-19 disease.

Paying tribute to fighter pilots and bomber crews in World War II, Winston Churchill said: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many ...

Bomber Command experienced losses of about one in three, and according to the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, 4149 Australian aircrew died as a result of their service. In a new documentary, Lancaster, London’s The Telegraph reports veteran Flight Lieutenant Ernie Holmes speaking of the loss of 96 planes in a single night. My experience and research shows that students enjoy the military history that they are taught in school.” “It’s tragic to see us losing our connection to major moments in our country’s history, such as WWII, as many veterans are getting older and passing away,” he said. “In the time I was on the squadron we lost 33 aircraft. The “few” takes on new meaning on Monday, with only two who served with Bomber Command joining the Anzac Day march.

The day honours those who've served overseas for Aotearoa in war or other roles like peacekeeping.

The plan, which was backed by then-first lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, was flawed and the troops faced a heroic defence by the Turks, withdrawing eight months later. In the Gallipoli campaign, waves of Allied forces launched an amphibious attack on the strategically important Turkish peninsula, which was key to controlling the Dardanelles straits, the crucial route to the Black Sea and Russia. Members of the public are able to go along to dawn services but there won’t be any parades due to the pandemic.

He tao huata e taea te karo, He tao na Aitua, e kore.” “The thrust of a spear shaft may be parried; that of Death never” Ata atamarie e koutou I te atatu.

Those early Anzac Days during the First World War were an opportunity to extoll the virtues of national unity, imperial loyalty, and volunteering. The effects of the First World War and subsequent conflicts have been felt across generations. Their new reality is one of trauma, grief, and displacement. For more than a century, that brave but perilous advance into an unknown and hostile landscape has remained a powerful symbol of the horror and cost to us as a nation. Let us honour our brave service personnel, and all who have lost their lives in service to New Zealand. While there is much that we, as individuals, are powerless to change, as the light of a new day spreads over Pukeahu and Aotearoa, we can resolve to continue to be there for each other, and for all who are affected by war and conflict – past and present.

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington is hosting both the Dawn Service and National Commemorative Service. The former is being broadcast live on both ...

In Wellington, more than 400 people gathered for the National Dawn Service at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington is hosting the National Commemorative Service, which will be carried live on RNZ National from 11am. The Dawn Service saw a couple thousand people in attendance, which is fewer than usual.

It was 107 years ago today that Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed on Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I. The Anzacs were defeated after ...

"That is the purpose of this place of pilgrimage, this Shrine of Remembrance, this part of home that never forgets those who served." In Melbourne, about 50,000 people embraced the opportunity to gather at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne at dawn. This year's Anzac Day services are the first in three years to welcome the general public, after the COVID-19 pandemic heavily disrupted the 2020 and 2021 commemorations.

About 2000 people attended a slimmed-down service at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira. The crowd was smaller than usual as a result of the ...

After his term as Governor-General, Sir Jerry was the High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020. The spirit and example of the first Anzacs endure. This year when I commemorate Anzac Day I will remember my two koroua and other veterans who have passed away. The reason, in part, is to protect our vulnerable older veterans - comradeship, kinship and whanaungatanga in practice. Comradeship, kinship or whanaungatanga is a cornerstone of the Anzac spirit. For the past two years, we have commemorated Anzac Day differently because of the Covid-19 disease. Elsewhere in New Zealand at dawn, New Zealanders stood at their gates, separated from others outside their household. One of the special things about attending the Anzac dawn service is the after-match activities and the opportunity for young people to mix and mingle with older veterans. Almost 21 years after World War I ended in 1918, on September 3, 1939, the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand joined Britain in declaring war on Nazi Germany. Anzacs would again go to war. It has been 100 years since Anzac poppies were first sold on New Zealand's streets to commemorate those who had died and fundraise for veterans still living. There was no parade through the city. Greetings to all.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lays a wreath at the Mt Albert War Memorial Anzac Day civic service on April 25, 2022. Veterans and members of the public gathered ...

“It’s happening in places halfway across the world, or is relegated to history books, as something to study. “Today, on this day, we are yet again reminded that peace cannot be taken for granted. It can be hard for people our age to see the significance of Anzac Day because we have grown up sheltered from war and cannot understand the full effect that it had on the people of this community at the time.” Reveille was played with the flags raised again to signify the Anzac landing at Gallipoli and the dawn of nationhood of New Zealand and Australia. “Fresh in all our minds is the invasion of Ukraine, a most grim reminder of the fragile nature of peace, and the devastating impact of war on people’s lives.” “More than a century later, this annual recognition of the service and sacrifice of New Zealanders in war remains equally significant, as we take pause to recognise all who have returned from service, and all who have been lost to us.”

The Ukraine flag was flown during an Anzac Day dawn service at Auckland Museum on Monday. It comes as the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on with ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Monday to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, after the COVID-...

“In New Zealand we may feel a great distance from this conflict, but we are all inextricably linked to what it represents,” Ardern said in her Anzac Day address in Auckland. “On this particular day, as we honour those who fought for our liberty and freedom, we stand with the people of Ukraine who do the same thing at this very moment,” Morrison said. Today, Anzac Day honours all Australian and New Zealand troops from all conflicts.

World War II aircraft flew over towns and cities as part of Anzac commemorations, while the governor-general paid tribute to the last remaining member of ...

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro paid tribute to the last remaining member of the 28th Māori Battalion at the 11am National Service in Wellington. Dame Cindy spoke at both the Dawn Service and the National Commemorative Service at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro paid tribute to Robert Gillies, the last remaining member of the 28th Māori Battalion.

Thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Monday to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled or ...

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a speech at Mt Albert's Anzac Day Service on Monday morning. Here is the full speech:.

One of the major parties has significantly outspent the other this election campaign and dawn services are being held across the country for Anzac Day.

People across Aotearoa commemorated Anzac Day on Monday, 107 years since troops from New Zealand and Australia landed at Gallipoli.

"Anzac Day is a time to give thanks to today’s armed forces who strive to uphold the values we hold dear as they continue to serve in areas of conflict overseas… "I'm thinking about the lives that were lost in Gallipoli and the other wars that have happened," he said. Luxon told 1News it was a day he remembered through his great grandfather Charles Smith, who fought in World War I in Egypt and France. He said he also thought of those he knew who were being impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Tonga paid tribute to its war veterans with a dawn ceremony held in Nuku'alofa this morning. The ceremony took place on the Royal Palace grounds of King Tupou ...

Returned and Services Associations national president BJ Clark said the public are welcome to come into their local RSA and be part of remembrance events, and to chat with veterans. The Auckland War Memorial Museum hosted a slimmed down version of its Anzac Day commemorations this year. Anzac Day is a public holiday in Tonga held to honour the country's contribution to World War I and World War II.

Three porcelain poppies laid into stone will never age, just like the three servicemen who died in the 2010 Anzac Day helicopter crash.

A memorial had been on the cards for some time, but the intention of unveiling it for the 10th anniversary of the crash was kiboshed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and travel bans meaning some family were unable to travel for it. A military Court of Inquiry into the crash uncovered a culture of rule-breaking in the Air Force. Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark, speaking to Stuff later on Monday at Ōhakea, said the memorial was made in consultation with families of the dead and Creeggan. The helicopter took off from Ōhakea and travelled to Wellington for a fly-past, but crashed into a Pukerua Bay hill north of the capital. About 40 people attended a private ceremony at Ōhakea Air Force Base at 5.30am on Monday for the unveiling of a memorial commemorating those involved in the 2010 Anzac Day helicopter crash. A trio of poppies laid into stone shall never age, in memory of three Air Force servicemen who took to the sky on Anzac Day but never returned home.

A group wearing stab-proof vests with “common law sheriff” badges took to podium to speak at a Kāpiti Coast service, sparking complaints.

“They were given the opportunity to speak on the basis that the very things that our forebears fought for were free speech and the right to be heard. Any community group would be given the opportunity to speak if they asked, he said. At this point the group was asked to step down, which they did, Simpson said. The group approached him about being allowed to speak, he said. Participants can pick and choose which laws are valid, which they describe as “common law”. The “common law sheriff” movement draws inspiration from the sovereign citizen phenomenon, which has had a minor influence in New Zealand before now.

The end of an Anzac Day service, on a rugby field beside a war memorial arch, in Paraparaumu, has been clouded in controversy.

"It was heart-warming to see the strong flow of local people arriving at the domain for the service, many with small children, to once again take part in an Anzac Day service. "We tried a reasonable approach to avoid unnecessary disruptions on what for us is a very special day but the actions of a few were clearly unacceptable." "At what was supposed to be the conclusion of the shortened planned service, the Paraparaumu RSA president gave the podium and the mike to a group of four people that did not identify themselves but from their garb were clearly self-appointed 'common law sheriffs'," service attendee Jake Roos said.

Four teenagers killed in a car crash “lost their lives before they could live them”, about 200 people have been told at a Bluff Anzac Day service.

Their mothers, brothers and sisters all part of this parade.” “We remember them coming here as part of their community groups, sea scouts laying wreaths and poppies. “Living in a small community like Bluff we all know these families, they are our sons, brothers, our mokos, our friends and loved ones, and we know their contributions to our community,” Whaanga said.

The end of an Anzac Day service, on a rugby field beside a war memorial arch, in Paraparaumu, has been clouded in controversy. The shortened service, hosted ...

"It was heart-warming to see the strong flow of local people arriving at the domain for the service, many with small children, to once again take part in an Anzac Day service. "We tried a reasonable approach to avoid unnecessary disruptions on what for us is a very special day but the actions of a few were clearly unacceptable." "At what was supposed to be the conclusion of the shortened planned service, the Paraparaumu RSA president gave the podium and the mike to a group of four people that did not identify themselves but from their garb were clearly self-appointed 'common law sheriffs'," service attendee Jake Roos said.

Where are the dawn services? What time will shops be open? Are trains and trams operating? And can I still get a PCR test? Our guide to Anzac Day in ...

- Sunshine 4Cyte Pathology drive-through testing site - Melbourne Showgrounds drive-through testing site - Heidelberg Dorevitch drive-through testing site - Bendigo Health drive-through testing site Two-up was played in the trenches during World War I. “If you have symptoms, stay home and get a test,” he said in his daily COVID-19 update.

After two years of Covid restrictions that prevented large gatherings across Australia the popular Anzac Day marches and dawn services will make a return on ...

Launceston's service will be at 6am at the Cenotaph at Patterson St and another will be at 11am. TAS: Hobart's dawn service will be at the Cenotaph in the Queen's Domain from 6am and another service at 11.45am. Perth: The corner of Barrack St and St George's Tce will see the march begin at 9am. Brisbane: The Anzac Day parade will begin at 10am on the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets in the CBD before proceeding down Adelaide St to Creek St. WA: At 5.55am the service will begin in Kings Park at the State War Memorial. The Darwin service begins at 6am at the esplanade Cenotaph. In Palmerston the service will be at Memorial Park also at 6am. SA: The Adelaide dawn service will begin at 6am on North Terrace in the CBD. While in Townsville a service will be held at Anzac Park on The Strand. VIC: Melbourne's event will be from 5.30am at the Shrine of Remembrance in the CBD. NSW: The state's official Anzac Day dawn service will begin at 4.30am at the Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney CBD. The service will be broadcast on ABC and ABC iView. Below is Daily Mail Australia's quick guide to the public holiday - from when and where dawn services will be held, to what shops will be open and when pubs will let in patrons.

They are Australian Army Bugler Isaac White and Raynor Martin from the New Zealand Army. Mr Martin's 99-year-old grandmother gave him his great-grandfather's ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the brutal Kokoda Track campaign. Meanwhile, on the eve of Anzac Day, a poignant memorial was held in Sydney on Sunday for two of the pivotal battles in the Pacific during World War II. "I actually had them blessed at Anzac Cove the other day and played a little sunset for him," he said.