In pictures: remembering the Anzacs
New Zealanders gather to mark the 100th anniversary of the first landings at Gallipoli.
New Zealanders gathered this morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the first landings at Gallipoli.
On April 25, 1915, thousands of young men, far from their homes, stormed the beaches on the Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now Turkey.
The 8454-strong New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) had left Wellington in October 1914, and after linking up with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) steamed in convoy across the Indian Ocean, expecting to join British forces fighting on the Western Front.
For eight long months, New Zealand troops, alongside those from Australia, Great Britain and Ireland, France, India, and Newfoundland battled harsh conditions and Ottoman forces.
By the time the campaign ended, more than 130,000 men had died: at least 87,000 Ottoman soldiers and 44,000 Allied soldiers, including more than 8700 Australians and 2779 New Zealanders, about a fifth of all those who had landed on the peninsula.
A small section of the dawn service crowd at Pukeahu Park, Wellington (@althecat).
In front of the Cenotaph at Auckland's War Memorial Museum (@ItsKierenTime)
An image of Dunedin's dawn service (@livenewsdesk).
Prime Minister John Key, The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry were among the world leaders and dignitariesss who attended the International Service at the Ҫanakkale Matyrs' Memorial (@ClarenceHouse).
An image from the Tolaga Bay dawn service (@livenewsdesk).
The changing of the guard at Wellington's Cenotaph (@freitasm).
Christchurch's oldest war veteran — 102 year old Bill Mitchell with four generations of his family (@livenewsdesk).
New Zealanders wake up at the Anzac Commemorative site in Gallipoli after a night under the stars (@avancenz).
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In pictures: remembering the Anzacs
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