Dear John,

ANZAC Day 2022 remembrance services

ANZAC DAY - 25 April 2022 DAWN SERVICE in Papakura Town Centre

A DAWN SERVICE has now been scheduled for 6 am on Monday 25 April 2022 at the Cenotaph in Papakura. Everyone is welcome to attend this special commemorative Service for ANZAC Day.

Despite relinquishing their physical space in Wood Street, our Papakura Returned Services personnel and serving Service personnel will gather for the customary DAWN SERVICE at the Papakura Cenotaph. Papakura is a garrison town and a Dawn Service will always be held here on ANZAC Day.

Remembering our ANZACs every year shows the dedication of our Returned Service personnel and Serving personnel, to their fallen comrades. Honouring their memory is part of the tradition and heritage of being an ANZAC Returned Service person. Together we honour all those who died at or returned from World War One and also those who died or are Returned Service persons from the subsequent conflicts of World War Two, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and conflicts in Afghanistan, East Timor and many other places where New Zealand men and women have served our allies and our country in the fight for freedom and democracy.

This month our Service personnel have flown to Europe to offer support to the people of the Ukraine and we hold them in our thoughts and pray for peace to come soon.

Today 104 years on from the end of World War One, our original ANZAC’s have gone to their eternal rest. But their spirit is carried forward by their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who represent them in 2022. We hope that these descendants also have the qualities of their fathers, mothers, grandparents and great grandparents and other relatives who were selfless, giving, loyal, tireless and brave beyond words on behalf of their families, their country, their comrades at arms and our democratic principles of freedom and truth in New Zealand.

It is humbling to be part of these commemorations for all who regard New Zealand as home and who today offer thanks and gratitude for their sacrifice in preserving our way of life and our free democracy.

“In the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. We will remember them.”

There are also ANZAC Services as follows in the Papakura Electorate:

Beachlands Dawn Service

Service: 6am at corner of Wakelin Rd & Ealing Cres
Road closure: Full road closure Wakelin Rd, 5.30am-6.30am
Other details: Please follow the COVID restrictions that are current as of 25 April 2022. As the service starts precisely at 6am, please attend by 5.45am. Please stay clear of the service area and the memorial until the completion of the dawn service. Please follow instructions from the organisers and service volunteers.
Contact: Fred Wilkings, 021 442 430 or [email protected]

Bombay Community Ceremony

Parade assembly: 8.45am at Paparata Rd. Please gather opposite the Memorial Arch. Participation by everyone is encouraged.
Parade commences: 8.45am, Paparata Rd
Service: 9am at Memorial Arch, Paparata Rd, Opposite Bombay School
Other details: Refreshments available after the ceremony in the Memorial Hall. Carpark behind the Memorial Arch and on southern side of Bombay Rugby Club on Paparata Rd.
Road closure: Full road closure 8.30am to 10am Paparata Rd from intersection of Bombay Rd and Barber Rd
Contact: Ian Grayson, 021 0248 4668 or [email protected]

Drury Civic Ceremony

Service: 11am at Tui St, Drury
Other details: Free supper after service. This year is our 100 year centennial with our refurbished Drury-Runciman cenotaph and special guest.
Wet weather option: It will be held outdoors, when it looks like rain, bring an umbrella.
Contact: Riet van der Gulik, 021 063 9060 or [email protected]

Ōrere Civic Service

Parade assembly: 7.45am at Ōrere Primary School
Parade commences: 8am same side as the hall. From school office down to hall.
Further details: Most of those who attend will march as it is a community march. Others are seated in the ceremony area watching the march from there.
Service: 8am at 289 Ōrere Point Rd, Ōrere
Further details: Please bring a small plate of food to share.
Contact: T-M Yorston, 021 045 0307 or [email protected]

Waiau Pa, Clarks Beach Civic Service

Parade assembly: 10am at Waiau Pa Hall
Parade commences: 10.30am at Waiau Pa School
Service: 10.30am Waiau Pa School, Waiau Pa Rd, Waiau Pa
Contact: Loraine Archer, 021 149 2836 or email [email protected], Waiau Pa Clarks Beach Grapevine on Facebook

Best wishes for a thoughtful and joyful Easter and for inspiration and gratitude on ANZAC Day 2022,

Judith

Hon Judith Collins

Hon Judith Collins
http://judithcollins.national.org.nz/