Sunday 25 April 2010
The Auckland War Memorial Museum will open at 6.45am following the 6am dawn service and remain open all day. Please note the events centre will be open to the public from Midday-5pm on Anzac Day.
Time |
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Event |
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Location |
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6am |
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Dawn Service |
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Cenotaph, Auckland Museum |
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6.45am |
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Museum opens to the public |
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7.30am - 8am |
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Performance by the Auckland Youth Choir |
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World War I Sanctuary |
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9.30am - 10am |
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Performance by the Auckland Youth Choir |
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World War I Sanctuary |
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10.30am - 12pm |
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Grand Foyer closed |
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11am |
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Public commemorative service |
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Cenotaph |
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12.30pm - 1pm |
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M*lasses sing the songs of the Andrews Sisters |
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Atrium |
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Noon - 4.30pm |
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Children's poppy making |
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Stevenson Discovery Centre |
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Noon - 5pm |
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Event Centre open to the public |
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Access from the Atrium |
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1pm |
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Lest We Forget poetry competition readings |
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Hall of Memories |
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1.45pm |
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Holly Christina, winner of last year's Lest We Forget Poetry Competition, performs
her song, ‘The Victory’. |
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Hall of Memories |
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2pm |
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Anzac Book Readings for Families |
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Armoury Library |
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6.45am - 5pm |
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Sign the digital Book of Remembrance |
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Grand Foyer and Atrium |
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6.45am - 5pm |
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Research the Cenotaph database |
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Armoury Information Centre |
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6.45am - 5pm |
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Slideshow from the collections |
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Information Centres |
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6.45am - 5pm |
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Have your medals and badges identified and photgraphed for the Cenotaph
database |
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Armoury Information Centre |
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6.45am - 5pm |
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The atrium café will be open. |
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Atrium |
Guided Tours: War Memorial Galleries
On ANZAC Day, our knowledgeable guides are providing free tours of the war memorial galleries - Scars on the Heart. The tours leave from the Armoury at 8am, 9am, 10am, noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm.
Time |
Topic |
Guide |
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.
From the poem for the fallen
by Laurence Binyon |
| 8am |
Medals |
Chris Blackmore |
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World War I |
Lovonne Campbell |
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Women at war |
Christina Neale
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| 9am |
Aircraft of WWII |
Lyndsay Wyatt |
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Maori at war |
Elena Philp |
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Animals at war |
Christina Neale |
| 10am |
World War II |
Lovonne Campbell |
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The Boer War |
Bob Keston |
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Gifts from the battlefields |
Ella Santos |
| 12pm |
World War I |
Lovonne Campbell |
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The Boer War |
Bob Keston |
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Aircraft of WW II |
Lyndsay Wyatt |
| 1pm |
World War I |
John Michaels |
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Aircraft of WWII |
Valerie Leech |
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The Boer War |
Bob Keston |
| 2pm |
World War I |
Dianne Aubin |
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Animals at war |
Christina Neale |
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Aircraft of WWII |
Lyndsay Wyatt |
| 3pm |
World War I |
John Michaels |
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Women at war |
Christina Neale |
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Medals |
Chris Blackmore |
 Download the 2010 Auckland War Memorial Museum ANZAC Programme (1 mb)
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