ANZAC Day

was marked today with services and parades in every town and city the length and breadth of the country.  We joined thousands of others for a moving Dawn Service at Muruika, Ohinemutu on the shores of Lake Rotorua.   Muruika is the resting place of members of the Pioneer Battalion and 28th Maori Battalion. It is a beautiful, tranquil and spiritual place. Due to thermal activity here the graves are set above ground.  

 In the words of this mornings guest speaker 
' We are giving up a morning of our lives to  acknowledge those who gave up every morning of the rest of their lives '