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Military museum in a ‘man cave’
On the outskirts of Taupō there’s a bar out the back of a house that gets quite busy on Anzac Day.
Anzac services in the Taupō District
Towns around the Taupō District are gearing up for Anzac Day on Saturday.
Anzac dawn draws big crowd
Thousands of people stood together in the Taupō Anzac Day Dawn Service this morning as the district began a day of commemorations.
NZ’s place in the world
This is the 17th year that I have been alive for ANZAC Day. And what ANZAC Day represents has never been more relevant to me. By Angela Schur, Tauhara College, this year’s Anzac Day Essay Competition winner.
Reporoa’s new Anzac tribute
Anzac Day commemorations in Reporoa will be particularly poignant this year with the public unveiling of a memorial wall of photographs and the release of a book.
It’s Poppy Day this Friday, April 11
People will be able to make a donation and wear one on their lapel ahead of Anzac Day on April 25.
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