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Anzac Day 2015
Massive turn out for Dawn Services
Massive turn out for Dawn Services
The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings have been marked by unprecedented crowds across Otago today.
Gallipoli dawn service: 'This is where the legend was born'
Gallipoli dawn service: 'This is where the legend was born'
More than 10,000 New Zealanders and Australians sat in reverence on the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula today, for the formal ceremony to honour the soldiers who fought and fell there a century ago.
Special Anzac dawn service for Dunedin
Special Anzac dawn service for Dunedin
With this month marking the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign - the first major event of World War 1 involving New Zealand soldiers - Anzac Day commemorations will be bigger than ever.
Dunedin Anzac service draws 20,000
Dunedin Anzac service draws 20,000
As dawn broke on Anzac Day, blood-red clouds coloured the sky over Otago Harbour, illuminating the path Otago's sons travelled - many to their deaths - more than a century ago.
Southern folk out in force to remember
Southern folk out in force to remember
Hundreds packed streets, cemeteries, parks and halls across South Otago on Saturday to honour the day that forged New Zealand's national identity.
Otago mayor's 'unforgettable' Gallipoli experience
Otago mayor's 'unforgettable' Gallipoli experience
Central Otago Mayor Tony Lepper says words are inadequate to describe the experience of being part of a 10,500-strong crowd paying their respects at Gallipoli on Anzac Day. His wife Bernice was...
They came to remember
They came to remember
They came in their thousands. Unprecedented numbers turned out in Queenstown on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings and remember the fallen.
Huge turnout for town's new dawn service on hill
Huge turnout for town's new dawn service on hill
More than 1000 men, women and children and their dogs attended a special Anzac service in Clyde early on Saturday morning.
Diverse groups came together
Diverse groups came together
The 7am dawn service at the newly-renovated war memorial on the Lake Hawea peninsula attracted more than 600 people.
Experience I will never forget
Experience I will never forget
Logan Park High School pupil and Youth Ambassador Jacobi Kohu Morris attended Saturday's Anzac Day ceremony in Gallipoli. He recounts for Otago Daily Times readers his impressions of the event, which he viewed from an unexpected VIP seat.
Thousands at ceremonies in Central Otago
Thousands at ceremonies in Central Otago
Anzac services around Central Otago added a special touch to mark the World War 1 anniversary this year.
Tapanui's first Dawn Service 'great'
Tapanui's first Dawn Service 'great'
West Otago residents came out to pay their respects to the fallen at Tapanui, Heriot and Dunrobin services on Saturday.
Celebrations end with a bang
Celebrations end with a bang
he Oamaru Coastal Defence group fires two 25-pound World War 2 guns to mark the end of the main Oamaru Anzac celebrations on Saturday.
Spirits undampened at centenary event
Spirits undampened at centenary event
It rained on the parade to begin 2015 The Anzac Connection in Balclutha, but Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay said it did not dampen the spirits.
Video: Dunedin ANZAC Dawn Service
Video: Dunedin ANZAC Dawn Service
The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings have been marked by unprecedented crowds across Otago this morning.
Tears and pride on Gallipoli peninsula
Tears and pride on Gallipoli peninsula
They fought for us. They died for us.
'We will remember them'- NZ turns out in record numbers
'We will remember them'- NZ turns out in record numbers
New Zealanders gathered around the country to see the first light of the day and remember the people who died in battle while forging the Anzac spirit.
Sun shines for Wellington Anzac parade
Sun shines for Wellington Anzac parade
Thousands of people lined the streets of Wellington today for the Anzac Street Parade which weaved its way through the city around lunchtime.
How we became our own people
How we became our own people
Is New Zealand's identity defined by war experience? The complex question of defining who we are as a nation has perplexed commentators for decades. George Davis, a Dunedin commemorations historian, looks at it from an Anzac Day perspective.