Hamilton's Anzac services will begin with the dawn parade at 5:45am on April 26. Photo / Hamilton City Council
Hamilton's Anzac services will begin with the dawn parade at 5:45am on April 26. Photo / Hamilton City Council
Anzac Day in Hamilton will be marked with a dawn parade and Civic Service, coordinated by Hamilton City Council at the Cenotaph in Memorial Park on Thursday, April 25.
Road closures will be in place in the central city and in Hamilton East, with the dawn parade starting at 5.45amon Knox Street. The parade will travel across Anzac Parade bridge, arriving at the Cenotaph in Memorial Park at 6am.
The second event is the Civic Service march, which will leave Knox Street at 9.45am, for a 10am start at the Cenotaph. The march will include riders from the War Horse March Group. They will leave from Claudelands at 9.15am and join the parade at Knox Street to march to the Civic Service.
Motorists are asked to please take care and show consideration. The boat ramp at Commerce Park on Grantham St will be closed from 5.30am until 11.30am, or until the end of the commemoration service.
The following roads will be closed from 12am to 2pm on Thursday April 25: ■Knox St ■Victoria St, between Grantham St and Anzac Pde ■Anzac Pde, between Anglesea St and Grey St ■Memorial Dr and River Rd, between Te Aroha St and Anzac Pde Mobility cardholders attending the events will be given access through the cordon at the intersection of River Rd and Te Aroha St to park on Opoia Rd and Riro St.
