Passchendaele: NZ's darkest day remembered
Commemoration services to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele in WWI are taking place.
Crosses at Auckland's War Memorial Museum commemorate soldiers who died at Passchendale. Photo: RNZ / Laura Tupou
Wreath-laying at the Passchendale ceremony in Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Laura Tupou
James Drake, 8, wore his great-grandfather’s medals who went to Gallipoli. Photo: RNZ / Laura Tupou
Jack Grad well reading an extra CT from Private Monty Ingram's published diary in Flanders field. Photo: RNZ / Laura Tupou
Wreath-laying in Auckland. RNZ / Laura Tupou
Iain MacKenzie, president of the Passchendaele Society. RNZ / Laura Tupou
A Toi Māori member performing a challenge at the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. Photo: NZ Defence Force
NZDF contingent and Toi Māori participating at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. Photo: NZ Defence Force
Toi Māori with Māori Cultural Group representatives at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. Photo: NZ Defence Force
Private Malik Priestley performing the haka at the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. Photo: NZ Defence Force
Dave Dobbyn performs 'Welcome Home' at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. Photo: NZ Defence Force
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