ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2014 Mount Maunganui. Staff Sergeant Mike Halliday. Photo/file
ANZAC DAY - TAURANGA CIVIC MEMORIAL SERVICE
This year's Anzac Day Civic Memorial Service will be held at 9am on Monday, 25 April at Memorial Park, Tauranga, commemorating 100 years since the first Anzac Day service. If it is wet the service will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre. Everything else will stay the same but there will be no parade.
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Parade information Groups wishing to march in the parade please assemble by 8.30am next to the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre.
Wreaths Wreaths laid during the service will be removed from the cenotaph at dusk on Anzac Day. Organisations may collect their wreaths from the Tauranga RSA at 1237 Cameron Road, Greerton, from Tuesday, 26 April until Friday, 29 April, 5pm (wreaths not collected by then will be disposed of).
Park and Ride / Parking Free Park and Ride services will be available from Tauranga Boys' College on Devonport Road to the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre between 8 - 8.40am, and again after the service finishes. There will be no extra parking at Memorial Park but PAK'nSAVE has made their carpark available for use. Parking for mobility card holders ONLY will be available outside the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre.
Road closures Road closures will be in place on Fraser Street, Devonport Road, and 11th Avenue from 8 - 11am. If you need parking close by please keep this in mind and arrive before the service starts.
There will be no service held at the Tauranga Domain.
Mount Maunganui Dawn Parade - Mount Maunganui Cenotaph 5.45am: Assemble at Mount Drury Reserve 5.55am: March off 6am: Service A Park and Ride service for the dawn parade will be available from Kawaka Street (behind Blake Park) to Maunganui Road behind Mount Drury. Buses will leave Kawaka Street from 5 - 5.50am and return after the service finishes between 6.40 - 7.30am. Road closures will be in place on Marine Parade from 5.55 - 7am.
Memorial Service - Mount Maunganui Cenotaph 9.15am: Assemble at Mount Drury Reserve 9.25am: March off 9.30am: Service Road closures will be in place on Marine Parade from 9.25 - 11am. In the event of poor weather the memorial service will be held at the Mount RSA clubrooms.
Tauranga Dawn Parade - Tauranga RSA Cenotaph 5.45am: Assemble on Hayes Avenue 5.55am: March off 6am: Service
Memorial Service - Tauranga Memorial Park 8.30am: Assemble at Memorial Park 8.45am: March commences 9am: Service
Pyes Pa Remembrance Service - Pyes Pa Cemetery 10.30am: The public is invited to attend a remembrance service at Pyes Pa Cemetery. Memorial Service - Te Puke Memorial Hall 10am: Assemble opposite Kiwibank beforehand
Dawn Service and Memorial Service - Katikati RSA (corner of State Highway 2 and Henry Road) 5.45am: Assemble at Memorial Square 6am: Service 10am: Assemble at Uretara Domain 10.30am: March through the main street to Katikati Memorial Hall 11am: Service Wreath-laying after the service.