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25 Apr 2025
8:35 pm on 25 April 2025
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Here are some of the best photos from dawn services across Aotearoa honouring the Australian and New Zealand servicemen who fought and died in war.
Auckland
New Zealand national anthem sung at the Auckland memorial service. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
The Auckland War Memorial Dawn Service 2025. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
The Karanga is called by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei on the court of honour in front of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, marking the beginning of the Anzac Day 2025 commemorations in Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia
Crowds gathered at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
South African veteran Robert Grewar came to the Auckland War Memorial Museum grounds before 5am morning to get a good spot for seeing the Dawn Service. He joined the military when he was 18. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia
People laying poppies at Auckland War Memorial Museum on Anzac Day. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Wellington
Photo: RNZ / Reece Baker
Photo: RNZ /Reece Baker
Photo: RNZ /Reece Baker
Photo: RNZ / Reece Baker
Flowers are laid at the National War Memorial during the Dawn Service on Anzac Day 2025 in Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Reece Baker
Brian Hapuku and George Maoate, at Wellington Dawn Service, Anzac Day 2025. Photo: RNZ / Reece Baker
Christchurch
People in Christchurch gathering for Anzac Day 2025. Photo: RNZ / Jazlyn Whales
The Last Post in Christchurch at the Dawn Service on Anzac Day. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
A child laying poppies in Christchurch. Photo: RNZ / Nathan McKinnon
As a recent member of the armed forces Tremaine Te Kira says it is very moving to see so many people make the effort to attend the Dawn Service in Christchurch. Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon
Kerikeri
Dawn breaks during the service at Kerikeri Domain in the Far North on Anzac Day 25 April 2025. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Seven-year-old Paige Webb-Higgs, of Auckland, pays her respects during the morning service at Kerikeri Domain. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Children lay poppies at Kerikeri's Memorial Wall. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Students from Kerikeri High and Springbank School, along with members of Kerikeri Cadet Unit, ran this year's Anzac Day services at Kerikeri Domain in the Far North. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Mana Tu Whenua Taurua-Jenkins, 15, of Kerikeri Cadet Unit, stands guard during this morning's service at Kerikeri Domain. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Rakiura-Stewart Island
The Anzac Day 2025 Dawn Service at Half Moon Bay. Photo: SUPPLIED/Mike Douglass
Melbourne
Bunurong Elder Mark Brown delivers a welcome to country ceremony during the Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance, to remember soldiers who have died in the line of duty, in Melbourne on 25 April 2025. Photo: MARTIN KEEP / AFP
Photo: ABC News / Danielle Bonica
Photo: ABC News / Danielle Bonica
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