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Dan Hutchinson 30/04/2026 Dan Hutchinson 30/04/2026

Anzac artists add the colour

The Taupō RSA has been running a colouring-in competition over the month of April, as part of the RNZRSA Poppy Appeal.

Dan Hutchinson 23/04/2026 Dan Hutchinson 23/04/2026

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.

Dan Hutchinson 23/04/2026 Dan Hutchinson 23/04/2026

Anzac services in the Taupō District

Towns around the Taupō District are gearing up for Anzac Day on Saturday.

Dan Hutchinson 25/04/2025 Dan Hutchinson 25/04/2025

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.

Kim Manunui 24/04/2025 Kim Manunui 24/04/2025

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.

Dan Hutchinson 17/04/2025 Dan Hutchinson 17/04/2025

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.