Anzac Day services have been held around the country, with thousands attending dawn services, parades, and commemorations. 

More than 8000 Kiwis arrived on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, 1915, as the Allies unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Strait of Gallipoli from the Ottomans. 

By the campaign’s end in January 1916, 2779 had been killed – close to a sixth of those who had landed there. 

Today marks the 111th anniversary of the land invasion, commemorating the first significant military campaign involving Australian and New Zealand armed services. 

Commodore Shane Arndell told Jack Tame that thousands attended the service at the National War Memorial in Wellington, showing that today’s generation has taken custodian of the remembrance of those that have passed. 

He says that our forebears gave the ultimate sacrifice to give us the lives we lead, and on days like today he thinks about them and how important it is for us to ensure that we still have the freedom and access to global markets to keep us both prosperous and secure.  

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