Anzac services 2026

Anzac Day will be commemorated throughout Franklin and North Waikato. Here’s a list of services around the area:

• Āwhitu: Starts at 8.30am at Awhitu Cenotaph, Āwhitu Central Church.
• Bombay: Parade assembly at 8.35am at Paparata Road, starting at 8.45am to the
  service at the Bombay Memorial Arch.
• Buckland: Begins at 9.45am at the cenotaph on Buckland Road.
• Clevedon: Begin at 9.30am for wreath laying at Clevedon Monument then walk to the
  Clevedon Community Hall for the service starting at 10.15am.
• Drury: Begins at 11am at Drury Cenotaph, Tui Street. We have chairs but if you want
  to be sure, bring your own chair along.
• Kariaotahi: Following the creation of a WWII Honours Roll Board, a special
  dedication ceremony will be held at 2pm at Kariaotahi Hall at 19 Binns Road, Waiuku.
• Maramarua: 9am at the cenotaph on Monument Road. If raining, it will be held at Maramarua Hall.
• Mercer: Gather in front of the cenotaph, outside of old Mercer Fire Station, 7 Roose Road, at 5.50am for a 6am start.
• Ōrere/Kawakawa Bay: Parade assembly 9.55am at Ōrere Primary School, parade
  commences at 10am. Service directly after the parade at Ōrere War Memorial Hall.
• Papakura: Dawn parade assembly at 5.30am at Papakura Police Station, 64 Wood
  Street, beginning at 5.45am with the service at 6am at Cenotaph, on the corner of Great South Road and Ōpaheke Road. Civic service parade assembly 8.30am at Papakura Police Station, starting 8.45am with the 9am service at the cenotaph.
• Pokeno: 9am (no dawn service this year), assemble at the Z Truckstop, Great South Road, march down to the cenotaph for the service.
• Port Waikato: Begins at 9am at the fire station, 83 Maunsell Road.
• Pukekohe: Dawn parade assembly at 5.40am outside Liquorland/BNZ corner Massey Avenue and Roulston Street; parade leaves at 5.50am, service at 6am at the carpark of Pukekohe War Memorial Hall. As a wet weather option, commemorations will be held at Pukekohe Intermediate School Hall. Civic parade assembly at 10.40am at Pukekohe Scout and Guide Hall; parade leaves at 10.50am, service at 11am at Pukekohe Intermediate School Hall.
• Tuakau: Gather for the parade from 10.30am at the Tuakau Cosmopolitan Club for
  11am start.
• Waiuku: Parade assembly 10.30am outside St Andrews Church commencing at
  10.45am to the cenotaph. Service begins at 11am.
• Waiau Pa/Clarks Beach/Patumahoe: Parade assembly is 10am at Waiau Pa Hall,
  parade begins at 10.30am into Waiau Pa school grounds, immediately followed by the service.