Anzac Day services and parades 2025

Lest we forget: services and parades will be held around the District on Friday 25 April.

Various locations around the district,

Anzac Day

Collingwood

Dawn Service - 6.30 am at the Cenotaph.

Civic Service - 11.30 am at the Collingwood Memorial Hall.

Brightwater

Wreath Laying Service - 9.00 am at ANZAC Memorial Gates, Brightwater Domain, Lord Rutherford Road.  

Lake Rotoiti

Flag Ceremony – 10.30 am at the Lake Rotoiti Community Hall, 22 Main Road St Arnaud.

Māpua

Parade - 10:45 am, by the tennis courts.

Service – 11.00 am at Māpua RSA Memorial Library. 

Road closure information: 10:30 am-11:30 am Aranui Road, Māpua – from Higgs Road to the tennis courts.  

Motueka

Parade – 6.15 am from the Motueka Bowling Club Carpark, Pā Street, followed by breakfast at Motueka RSA.

Road closure information: 6.00 am -7:30 am  Pā Street, Motueka – from Bennett St north to Countdown carpark from Talbot St north to Countdown Carpark exit.

Murchison

Laying of poppies - 6.30am Murchison Cemetery

Ngatimoti

Laying of Wreath and Service – 10.30 am at St James Church, Waiwhero Road.

Service – 11.00 am at the Memorial in Waller Street (Murchison Sport, Recreation and Cultural Centre if wet).

Richmond

Parade – 10.45 am from Sundial Square. Service 11.00 am at War Memorial Gardens, Cambridge Street.

Road closure information:

10.00 am – 12.30 pm Queen Street – from Sundial Square to McIndoe Place. Cambridge Street  
– from Oxford Street to Queen Street. Oxford Street – from Wensley Road to Gladstone Road (SH6).

As Queen Street will be closed the bus will have a temporary bus stop set up on Talbot Street outside PAK’nSAVE.  

Special note: Disabled and aged persons can get access to the Memorial via Oxford Street.

Riwaka 

Service – 9.00 am at the Memorial Gates, the intersection of School Road & SH60.

Road closure information: 8.45 am –9.30 am. School Road, Riwaka – from the intersection SH6 to 12 School Road. 

Tākaka

Dawn Service – 6.30 am at the Tākaka Memorial Reserve, Commercial Street.

Parade - 8.45 am, departs from outside Golden Bay Pharmacy

Civic Service - 9.00 am service at the Tākaka Memorial Reserve, Commercial Street.

Road closure information: 8:30 am-10:30 am Commercial Street, Tākaka – from number 19 to number 81 Commercial Street.  Alternate route: Motupipi Street, Junction Street and Reilly Street.

Tapawera

Service - 9.00am at the Tapawera Memorial Hall, Main Road

Tasman village

Service – 10.00 am at the Memorial.

Upper Moutere

Service – 10.00 am at the Memorial.

Wakefield

Service – 10.00 am at the Wakefield Cenotaph, Whitby Way (Wakefield Village Hall if wet).

Road closure information: 9.00 am – 12.00 pm Whitby Way, Wakefield – from Edward Street/ Arrow Street intersection to Whitby Road (SH6) and Wakefield car park entrance.

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