Anzac Day Dawn Service - Cathedral Square
A dawn service in Cathedral Square will give Christchurch residents a chance to remember New Zealand’s fallen soldiers on Anzac Day.
This year for the first time since the 2011 Earthquakes we will be returning to Cathedral Square under the newly reinstated Citizens war memorial.
The commemorations that mark Australia and New Zealand’s Gallipoli campaign will begin at 6.15am when war veterans will gather at the Worcester bridge and then parade the short distance to Cathedral Square for the traditional dawn service.
The service at Cathedral Square will begin at 6.30am.
For those unable to make it in person, the service will be available live streamed via this link.
https://youtube.com/live/l7beU5ebqbo?feature=share
The New Zealand Army Band will perform at the service, which will end with the playing of The Last Post, a minute’s silence, and then the singing of the New Zealand national anthem.
Proposed road closures are set for Oxford Terrace and the entrance to Cathedral Square off Colombo Street from 4am. Find more about Christchurch road closures.
Anzac Day services will also be held around Christchurch and Banks Peninsula:
- Papanui: Papanui RSA parking area, 9.30am.
- New Brighton: Cenotaph, Marine Parade, 10.00am.
- Heathcote: War Memorial (Martindale-Bridal Path-Flavell), 6.15am.
- Lyttelton: War Memorial, Albion Square, 10.00am.
- Templeton: Templeton RSA, Banks Street, 11.00am.
- Aranui: St Ambrose Church, 11.00am.
- Sumner: RSA Memorial Gates, 11.00am.
- Akaroa: War Memorial, 11.30am.
- Little River: Community Centre, 9.30am.
- Halswell: War Memorial/Domain, 9.00am.
- Citizens’ Service: Transitional Cathedral, Latimer Square. 10.00am.
This year for the first time since the 2011 Earthquakes we will be returning to Cathedral Square under the newly reinstated Citizens war memorial.
The commemorations that mark Australia and New Zealand’s Gallipoli campaign will begin at 6.15am when war veterans will gather at the Worcester bridge and then parade the short distance to Cathedral Square for the traditional dawn service.
The service at Cathedral Square will begin at 6.30am.
For those unable to make it in person, the service will be available live streamed via this link.
https://youtube.com/live/l7beU5ebqbo?feature=share
The New Zealand Army Band will perform at the service, which will end with the playing of The Last Post, a minute’s silence, and then the singing of the New Zealand national anthem.
Proposed road closures are set for Oxford Terrace and the entrance to Cathedral Square off Colombo Street from 4am. Find more about Christchurch road closures.
Anzac Day services will also be held around Christchurch and Banks Peninsula:
- Papanui: Papanui RSA parking area, 9.30am.
- New Brighton: Cenotaph, Marine Parade, 10.00am.
- Heathcote: War Memorial (Martindale-Bridal Path-Flavell), 6.15am.
- Lyttelton: War Memorial, Albion Square, 10.00am.
- Templeton: Templeton RSA, Banks Street, 11.00am.
- Aranui: St Ambrose Church, 11.00am.
- Sumner: RSA Memorial Gates, 11.00am.
- Akaroa: War Memorial, 11.30am.
- Little River: Community Centre, 9.30am.
- Halswell: War Memorial/Domain, 9.00am.
- Citizens’ Service: Transitional Cathedral, Latimer Square. 10.00am.
Cathedral Square, , Central City, Christchurch
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