Head along to an Anzac Day service near you

All are welcome to come and pay their respects at the Anzac Day services being held across the Western Bay.

Each year on 25 April the communities of the Western Bay come together to lead local Anzac Day services that commemorate all New Zealanders killed in war and honour our returned service personnel.

Head along to an Anzac Day commemoration near you on Tuesday 25 April 2023.

Te Puke

• Parade
  To begin opposite Te Puke War Memorial Hall at 9.50am
• Civic Memorial Service
  Service commences from 10am at the Te Puke War Memorial Hall
  Please be seated before the arrival of the parade.
• After the Service
  All move to the cenotaph for the wreath laying.

Katikati

• Dawn Parade
  5:45am – 6am from the Talisman Hotel to Katikati War Memorial Hall
• Civic Service
  6am at the Katikati War Memorial Hall, followed by wreath laying
• Memorial Ceremony
  9am at Katikati Cemetery

Waihī Beach

• Dawn Parade and Service
  6am at the RSA Waihī Beach
• Wreath Laying Service
  8am at the Waihi Cemetery
• Waihi Heritage Vision and Tunneling Company Descendants
  9am, Tunnellers Memorial Gilmour Reserve, Waihi
• Memorial Service
  11am Waihi Memorial Hall, march from Waihi RSA at 10.45am

Ōmokoroa

• Dawn Service
  6am at Remembrance Cairn, Gerald Crapp Reserve, Ōmokoroa Point, followed by wreath laying

Maketu

• Muster
  5.30am Muster at The Landing (shop)
• March to Remembrance Rock
  6am
• Dawn Service
  6am, following March fall in at the Remembrance Rock, Park Road Reserve

Tauranga

• For Tauranga City service information, please see the Tauranga City Council website.