Record numbers attend Island Bay Anzac Day service
An Anzac Day service in Island Bay last week was the highest attended service there has been in the suburb. RSA Wellington city branch vice-president John Williamson pointed out the record numbers...
View ArticleWWI Centenary marked with special ceremony
A CEREMONY to mark 100 years since the start of WWI was held in parliament grounds today. Joshua Price reports
View ArticleNew Zealand’s war dead honoured daily
NEW ZEALAND’S war dead are being remembered every night at 5pm in a Last Post ceremony at Wellington’s Pukeahu War Memorial Park. The trumpet has been sounded every night since the end of WW1 in...
View ArticleWATCH: Wellington’s Last Post ceremony coming to an end
Wing Commander Graham Streatfield, Royal New Zealand Air force, whose grandfather served in World War I On November 11 this year, the last sombre notes of the Last Post bugle call will fade bringing a...
View ArticleWATCH: Hinerangi reminder of grief, hope at Pukeahu Memorial
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park was created as the Governments project in acknowledging the centenary anniversary of the First World War in 2015. The Last Post ceremony has been conducted every...
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