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 Thursday 25 April 2024.

Waihī Beach

• 6am Dawn Parade & Service at the Waihī Beach RSA
• 6.30am Breakfast Buffet at the Waihi Beach RSA
• 7am Waihī Beach RSA Stearman Aircraft fly past (weather dependent)
• 8am Wreath Laying Service – Waihi Cemetery
• 9am Waihi Heritage Vision & Tunnelling Company Descendants – Tunnellers Memorial Reserve Gilmour Lake, Waihi
• 10.45am Waihi RSA march to Waihi Memorial Hall
• 11am Memorial Service – Waihi Memorial Hall

Tuapiro

• 5.40am Tuapiro Marae Dawn Service, 24 Hikurangi Road, Katikati

Katikati

• 5.45am Anzac Day Service assembly in Katikati Library Carpark and march on foot to Katikati War Memorial Hall
• 6am Attendees assemble at the square in front of the War Memorial Hall and enter as a group to attend the service

Te Puke

• 9.50am Civic Parade - march assembled opposite Te Puke War Memorial Hall and lead off
• 10am Service starts at Te Puke War Memorial Hall (please be seated before the arrival of the parade)
• 11am Wreathe laying at Cenotaph
• 11.30am March off - everyone is invited to attend the Citizens RSA Te Puke in Jellicoe Street/Beatty Avenue for light refreshments

Ōmokoroa

• 6am Dawn Service and laying of wreaths – Remembrance Cairn, Gerald Crapp Historic Reserve, Ōmokoroa Point

Oropi

• 10:30am – Anzac Day service at Oropi Memorial Hall and Community Centre. Guest speaker, Commander Keith Wisnesky

Maketu

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

Tauranga

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

Information is current at time sourced; details should be checked with event organisers.