Anzac Day Commemorations

Blenheim School will be the setting for this year’s ANZAC Day service in Blenheim which means Hutcheson Street between the school and the Clubs of Marlborough will be closed to traffic from 10.30 am until 1.00 pm that day.

The traditional parade will still be held on Wednesday 25 April but the wreath-laying service will be held in the school grounds while the War Memorial clock tower is under repair.

The Alfred Street car parking building will be open free of charge and the barrier arms will be up for ease of parking during the day.

Veterans and the families of those who fought in past conflicts will be joined by personnel from RNZAF Base Woodbourne and community organisations like the scouts and girl guides in the traditional parade, this year from the Clubs complex across to the school grounds.

Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman will deliver the formal address at the commemoration service and lay a wreath at 11.00 am. He will also attend the Picton dawn service where the guest speaker will be RAAF Squadron Leader Deborah Phillips, assistant Defence Advisor at the Australian High Commission.

Councillor Francis Maher will attend the Anzac Day Dawn Parade in Seddon.

Mr Sowman says it is important that we continue to remember not only those who were at the Gallipoli campaign but all those servicemen and women who have followed in the tradition of committed service to our country.
ANZAC service times:

• Picton War Memorial: 6.00 am
• Seddon War Memorial: 6.30am
• Renwick War Memorial: 9.00 am
• Spring Creek Hall: 9.30 am
• Havelock Town Hall: 10.00 am
• Rai Valley War Memorial: 11.00 am