Online Reporter
Friday 25 Apr 2014 1:05p.m.
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Around 1000 people gathered outside Parliament this morning for the national commemorative service and wreath-laying ceremony.
Sixty
wreaths were laid by Prime Minister John Key, Dame Sian Elias and other
dignitaries under a grey Wellington sky. Strong winds made the ceremony
a little difficult, at least twice blowing over the wreaths from their
stands.
The ceremony was accompanied by music
from the Royal New Zealand Air Force band and the Seraphim Choir of
Chilton St James School.
Earlier this morning, several thousand people attended a dawn service at the cenotaph near Parliament.
The
event was one of a number around the capital, including the
dawn-to-dusk vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and a ceremony to
honour the fallen Turkish soldiers who died defending their country.
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