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Kiwis around the country are set to mark Anzac Day this weekend, with thousands expected to attend dawn services, parades, and commemorations nationwide. More than 8000 Kiwis arrived on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, 1915, as the Allies unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Strait of Gallipoli from the Ottomans. By the campaign’s end in January 1916, 2779 had been killed – close to a sixth of those who had landed there. This Saturday will mark the 111th anniversary of the land invasion, commemorating the first significant military campaign involving Australian and New Zealand armed services. Services will be held across the motu in a national day of remembrance for those who have served in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Dawn services are being held all around Auckland, with the largest starting at the Auckland War Memorial Museum at 5am. The following roads in the area will be closed through the morning: Museum Circuit Rd closed: 4am - 8am. Cenotaph Rd closed: 4am - 8am. Maunsell Rd closed: 4am - 8am. (Restricted parking access until 5.30am.) Timings: 5.30am - 8am. Football Rd closed: 5.30am - 8am. (Public access to field parking until 5.30am.) Little George St closed: 5.30am - 8am. (Public access to field parking until 5.30am.) The Crescent Rd closed: 5.30am - 8am. (Mobility parking access until 5.30am.) Winter Garden Rd closed: 5.30am - 8am. (Mobility parking access until 5.30am.) Kiosk Rd closed: 5.30am - 8am. (Mobility parking access until 5.30am.) A list of local remembrance ceremonies is available here. Whangārei In Whangārei, dawn services will begin at 6am at Laurie Hill Park and the Ngunguru Sports Complex. Other services will follow at Maunu Cemetery and Te Kamo Community Hall, both at 10am, and at Onerahi Community Hall and Maungakaramea Sports Club from 11am. Waikato The Morrinsville RSA will be holding a dawn service in the carpark at 6am, with the public to begin assembling by 5.45. A light breakfast will be available after the service. In Taupō, service personnel and local community groups are to report to the parade marshal in the rear carpark of the Great Lake Centre at 5.40am. Other attendees are to gather at the Taupō Cenotaph by 5.50am. After the service, breakfast will be served at the Taupō Bowling Club. A mix and mingle will be held at the Whangamatā Surf Club at 9.30am before the 11.40am civic parade starts at Memorial Hall. A wreath laying and the opening of the remembrance wall will follow. Tauranga/Mount Maunganui The Tauranga dawn parade will begin at 5.45am at Memorial Park, with a combined civic service to start at 9.30am. It’s the first time Mount Maunganui will not be holding its own civic service. The dawn service will be going ahead at the Mount Maunganui Cenotaph on Marine Parade. Gisborne/Tairāwhiti A combined dawn service will begin at 6am at the Cenotaph on the Esplanade, closing several roads around the area: Fitzherbert St between Stout St and Ormond Rd. Ormond Rd briefly for the march to the Cenotaph and return. Esplanade between Rutene and Wainui Rds. Wainui Rd - Gladstone Rd Bridge briefly after the service is over. Reads Quay - from Gladstone Rd to Lowe St briefly after the service. Rawiri Street for approximately 20 metres from the Esplanade. Napier/Hastings - Ahuriri/Heretaunga The Napier Sound Shell will host a 6am dawn service, to be followed by an 11am civic service at Memorial Square. In Taradale, early risers can attend the dawn service at the Lone Pine Memorial at 6am, with breakfast available at the club from 6.45am. The Hastings dawn parade starts at 5.30am in Cenotaph Civic Square, with civic services continuing throughout the day. Manawatū & Whanganui The Marton RSA...
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