Slideshow: 'Ode to the Fallen'

Photo / Adrian Malloch courtesy of Auckland War Memorial Museum

The Ode to the Fallen (Laurence Binyon), to remember fallen servicepersons, is recited every Friday at 6pm. The text follows.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning.

We will remember them

Anzac Day

Anzac Day is observed in New Zealand as a day of commemoration for those who died in the service of their country and to honour returned servicemen and women.

April 25 is the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915.

On the first anniversary of that landing services were held throughout the country in remembrance of the 2,721 New Zealand soldiers who died during the eight-month Gallipoli Campaign.

Since 1916 Anzac Day has evolved to the observance we know today.

* Photos used in slideshow by Adrian Malloch photography and from the estate of Robin Morrison courtesy of Auckland War Memorial Museum