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Street view: What does Anzac Day mean to you?

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Rotorua Anzac Day Parade. Photo/Ben Fraser
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Street view: What does Anzac Day mean to you?

Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith

It makes us grateful because we get to have the life we have thanks to what they gave for us.

JACQUI SMITH, 28

Waikite Valley

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Erin Beals
Erin Beals

It means remembering our lost family. I wanted to bring the grandchildren to remember their great and great-great-grandfathers who fought.

ERIN BEALS, 63

Mangakakahi

Ann-Elise Miles
Ann-Elise Miles

It's to honour and remember those who lost their lives in dreadful war-time situations, and for this country it was always fought on overseas soil so the sacrifices are even harder, and they did it with great courage.

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ANN-ELISE MILES, 77

Kawaha Point

Nick Breen
Nick Breen

I've got several members of my family who have been servicemen and women, and some have paid the ultimate sacrifice, so it's my chance to remember them.

NICK BREEN, 62

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