Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women.
Anzac Day
A loyal people - Royal visit, 1953-54
A Loyal People
While in Wellington, the capital, the Queen fulfilled her constitutional role. She opened Parliament and invested New Zealanders with honours. As head of the Church of England she laid the foundation stone of the Anglican cathedral, and as head of the Commonwealth's armed forces she laid a wreath at the cenotaph. Such events emphasised the loyalty of New Zealanders to the British Empire and Commonwealth.
Manukau RSA memorial gardens
Silverdale cenotaph at the Silverdale RSA on Viponds Rd, Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa. A memorial wall runs alongside the driveway to the cenotaph. The original Silverdale First World War memorial still stands outside the original home of the RSA at Silverdale War Memorial Park. Images and information from Christine Chambers, Rodney Libraries, 2009
Silverdale RSA cenotaph
New Plymouth RSA
The New Plymouth RSA places these crosses near the cenotaph on Anzac Day.
| Site | Style | Ornamentation | Unveiling Date | No of Dead |
| RSA (placed at Cenotaph on Anzac Day) |
crosses | wreath, swords | 175 (ww 1 & 2) |
Ron Lambert
New Zealand's first poppy day
A total of 245,059 small poppies and 15,157 larger versions were sold, earning £13,166 (equivalent to nearly $1.2 million in 2010). Of that amount, £3695 ($330,000) was sent to help war-ravaged areas of northern France; the remainder went to unemployed returned soldiers and their families.
Dunedin RSA war memorial
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Silverdale war memorial
Silverdale war memorial c1986. This memorial stands outside the original home of the Silverdale RSA at Silverdale War Memorial Parkon the Hibiscus Coast highway. The RSA is now at Viponds Rd, Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa where there is a new cenotaph.
Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986
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