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The dawn service at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 25 April 1986. The dawn service was introduced to New Zealand in 1939 by Australian veterans who had attended a similar service in Sydney the previous year.
First observed in 1916, Anzac Day - 25 April - commemorates those killed in war as well as honouring returned servicemen and women. The ceremonies that are held at war memorials across the country, or in places overseas where New Zealanders gather, are rich in tradition and ritual.
Hear the 1956 dawn service at St Faith's Church, Ohinemutu.