Thursday, April 24, 2014

Wellington's Anzac Day commemorations



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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