ANZAC Day 25 April
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ANZAC Day in New Zealand is held on 25 April each year to commemorate New Zealanders killed in war and to honour returned servicemen and women.
Anzac is a word made from the acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation created in December 1914 by grouping the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Anzac Day
Anzac.govt.nz - a guide to Anzac Day
for New Zealanders. From the Ministry for
Culture and Heritage.
- Anzac Day - information from NZHistory.net.nz including essays on the history of the day and the Anzac tradition, paintings from the National War Art collection, campaign maps, and biographies of a range people who served at Gallipoli
- Anzac Day - about the remembrance of Anzac Day from the RSA (New Zealand Returned Services Association). Details of Poppy Day, traditionally observed on the Friday before Anzac Day
- Anzac Day - list of links from Te Kete Ipurangi The Online Learning Centre
- Anzac Day services in Christchurch - from localeye, your online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury
- Anzac Day services in Canterbury - from localeye, your online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury
- Quick Facts about Anzac Day
Gallipoli
- New Zealanders in World War I: Gallipoli - library resources about this battle
- Gallipoli Guide from Anzac.govt.nz
- The Gallipoli Campaign - an illustrated essay taken from the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History
More New Zealand at War resources.
See also our Armistice Day (11 November) page.

