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Youngsters wearing their grandparents' medals at Waikumete Cemetery Cenotaph. Photo / Paul Estcourt

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Reports and images from dawn services from around the nation and around the world on this Anzac Day.

Auckland saw record turnouts this morning as a huge ocean liner paused in the Waitemata Harbour channel to take in the stunning sight of the packed Auckland Museum Cenotaph at dawn.

Crowds paid their respects at Christchurch and Mt Maunganui as well, whilst Wellington's ceremony witnessed the arrests of two anti-war protestors.

Our reporters take you to the scenes of four dawn services.


AUCKLAND
By Angela Gregory

A mild autumn morning drew the very young to the very old to the Auckland War Memorial Museum for today's dawn service.....[MORE]

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CHRISTCHURCH
By Jarrod Booker

Veterans have applauded one of the largest turnouts in many years for the Anzac Day dawn service in Christchurch this morning.... [MORE]

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WELLINGTON
By Mike Houlahan

Wellington's largest dawn ceremony for some years saw thousands of people gather at the cenotaph to remember the fallen from New Zealand's wars..... [MORE]

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MT MAUNGANUI
By Juliet Rowan

A stunning display by a pair of Harvard warplanes marked the start of Anzac Day commemorations in Mt Maunganui today......[MORE]

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