(SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WELCOME IN EVERYBODY. IT IS A DAY WHEN OUR NATION COLLECTIVELY PAUSES TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT OF WAR. ANOTHER WONDERFUL TURN UP ON THE PEOPLE OF WELLINGTON FOR ANZAC DAY. A FEW THOUSAND HAVE ARRIVED HERE, DESPITE THE WINDY CONDITIONS TO HONOUR THOSE WHO SERVED AND TO REFLECT ON THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF WAR. IN NEW ZEALAND, THE DAWN SERVICE HOLDS PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE, MARKING THE HOUR OF THE GALLIPOLI LANDINGS IN 1915. DAM CINDY KIRO PREPARING TO BE WELCOMED. IT IS A TIME WHEN WE PAUSE TO REFLECT UPON THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF WAR AND THE ENDURANCE SACRIFICES AND SOLIDARITY. THE DAWN SERVICE SERVES AS A POIGNANT REMINDER OF THE ENDURING LEGACY FORGED IN THE CRUCIBLE OF CONFLICT. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) THE GOVERNOR GENERAL WILL BE WELCOMED WITH A KARANGA. (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) (PERFORMS KARANGA) THE VETERANS PARADE WILL NOW MARCH ON. (DRUMS PLAY) (BAND PLAYS) (BAND PLAYS) (DRUMS PLAY) (DRUMS PLAY) (DRUMS PLAY) (DRUMS PLAY) (DRUMS PLAY) (DRUMS PLAY) KEI AKU NUI, KEI AKU RAHI, TENA RA KOUTOU KATOA. KO TE ATAMIRA TENEI E MIHI ATU ANA. ME HE MANU KA RERE MAI MA RUNGA TE HAU MOANA O TE HA O TAWHIRIMATEA, A, KA TAU KOUTOU. KA TIU TE MANU A UTA, KA HOKI TE MANU A TAI. TE RANGI PU NUNUI, TE RANGI PU ROROA. PAPAKI NGA NGARU TUATEA E PATUA ANA TE ONE KI OWHIRO HEI TE KAHA O TANGAROA, ME PERA HOKI TE KAHA O NGATI TUMATAUENGA, TE TAUA MOANA O AOTEAROA, ME TE TAUAARANGI O AOTEAROA E TU ATU NEI. KEI NGA PARAEROA KUA WHAKARAUIKA MAI I TE ATA NEI, NEI RA AKU MIHI NUNUI KI A KOUTOU KATOA. TO OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE GATHERED HERE ON THIS MORNING, KI NGA MANA WHENUA O TE ROHE NEI, O TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA, KI NGA HOIA O TE WHENUA MOEMOEA, O AOTEAROA HOKI. KEI MUA I TE PIKI ME TE HAERE O TE RA. E UHIA ANA TATOU E TE PO. KA TIMATA TE WHAKAMAHARATANGA. OUR DAWN SERVICE OPENS WITH A LAMENT. (BAGPIPES) (BAGPIPES CONTINUE) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) MOE MAI TE PO TE PO-NUI, TE PO-ROA, TE PO-URIURI, TE PO-KEREKERE, TE PO-TIWHATIWHA, TE PO-TANGOTANGO, TE PO-TE-KITEA. MOE MAI HOKI I NGA HOIA O NGATI TUMATAUENGA. TE RARANGI KAAKII O AOTEAROA. KUA HINGA, KURA NGARO NOA ATU KOUTOU MAI I TE AN KANOHI KITEA. MO MAI RA KOUTOU, E KORE E WAREWARE. LET US PAUSE IN QUIET REFLECTION. LORD, AS DAWN BREAKS ON THIS SPECIAL DAY, WE GATHER AS ONE PEOPLE, TO REMEMBER AND PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DOWN THROUGH THE AGES, HAVE ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRIES CALL TO SERVICE. WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER THEIR COURAGE, DEVOTION TO DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACE ` A PEACE WE STILL ENJOY. A PEACE THAT WAS ONLY WON AT THE COST OF TOO MANY LIVES. MAY OUR COMMEMORATIONS TODAY BE WORTHY OF THE PRICE THEY PAID, FOR THEY GAVE UP THEIR TOMORROWS, SO WE MAY HAVE OUR TODAYS. MAY THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US, KNOW WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOUR THEM AND THAT WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM AND THEIR SERVICE. I RUNGA I TE INGOA O TE MATUA, O TE TAMA, O TE WAIRUA. TAPU. AMINE. PLEASE JOIN IN THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. (BAND PLAYS 'ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR') # AUSTRALIANS ALL LET US REJOICE # FOR WE ARE YOUNG AND FREE. # WE'VE GOLDEN SOIL AND WEALTH FOR TOIL, # OUR HOME IS GIRT BY SEA; # OUR LAND ABOUNDS IN NATURE'S GIFTS, # OF BEAUTY RICH AND RARE. # IN HISTORY'S PAGE LET EVERY STAGE # ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR. # IN JOYFUL STRAINS THEN LET US SING, # ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR. # (BAND PLAYS 'GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND') # E IHOWA ATUA, # O NGA IWI MATOU RA # ATA WHAKARANGONA; # ME AROHA NOA # KIA HUA KO TE PAI; # KIA TAU TO ATAWHAI; # MANAAKITIA MAI # AOTEAROA. # GOD OF NATIONS AT THY FEET, # IN THE BONDS OF LOVE WE MEET, # HEAR OUR VOICES, WE ENTREAT, # GOD DEFEND OUR FREE LAND. # GUARD PACIFIC'S TRIPLE STAR # FROM THE SHAFTS OF STRIFE AND WAR, # MAKE HER PRAISES HEARD AFAR, # GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND. # ME MIHI KA TIKA KI NGA KAIKARAKIA, KI A PETER JACKSON RAUA KO CHAPLAIN DAVE LACEY NA RAUA NGA KARAKIA I KAWE I TE ATA NEI. E TA, TENA KORUA. KA POHIRITIA E AU KI A TE KAWANA-TIANARA KI TE WHAIKORERO KI A MATOU KATOA. VETERANS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ANZAC ADDRESS WILL BE DELIVERED BY HER EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAME CINDY KIRO, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE TARANAKI WHANUI, THE HONOURABLE NICOLA WILLIS, MINISTER OF THE CROWN, THEIR EXCELLENCIES, THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER OF AUSTRALIA, THE HONOURABLE PEENI HENARE, MP, TORI WHANAU, MAYOR OF WELLINGTON, THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCE, AND THE CHIEF OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE WELLINGTON RETURN SERVICES ASSOCIATION, AND AS ALWAYS, A MOST SPECIAL WELCOM TO OUR VETERANS AND TO THEIR WHANAU, BOTH THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME. 109 YEARS AFTER THE LANDING OF THE ANZACS AT GALLIPOLI, ANZAC DAY STILL HOLDS DEEP SIGNIFICANCE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS, AS WE SEE FROM THE MANY THOUSANDS GATHERED HERE TO GREET THE DAWN, IN HONOUR OF THE SACRIFICE OF OUR FOREBEARS. THOUGH WE NO LONGER HAVE DIRECT LINKS TO THOSE WHO WITNESSED THE FIRST WORLD WAR, SUCH WAS ITS IMPACT THAT IT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN PART OF OUR FAMILY HISTORIES AND OUR COLLECTIVE MEMORY. SINCE OUR FIRST ANZAC DAY ON THE 25TH OF APRIL 1916, THE SCOPE OF OUR REMEMBRANCE HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER WARS AND ARMED CONFLICTS IN WHICH NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN INVOLVED, AS WELL AS OUR ONGOING EFFORTS IN PEACEKEEPING. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL GREETING HERE TO THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN SOMALIA VETERANS WHO HAVE GATHERED TO MARK THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA. AROUND 250 NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE UN MISSION TO PROTECT HUMANITARIAN AID AND RESTORE PEACE. THIS MORNING I ALSO WISH TO HONOUR VETERANS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WHOSE NUMBERS ARE SADLY FEWER WITH THE PASSING OF THE YEARS. THERE WILL STILL BE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO REMEMBER THE WAR EFFORT AT HOME, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE LEFT BEHIND BY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO SERVED, THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES, OR LOVED ONE FOREVER CHANGED BY THEIR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OF SERVICE. THIS YEAR, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT CAMPAIGNS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. WE REMEMBER THE INVOLVEMENT OF NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE BATTLE OF CASSINO, ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AS WELL AS THE NEW ZEALAND 2ND DIVISION'S CAPTURE OF FAENZA. WE ALSO REMEMBER THE RNZAF OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC, AS WELL AS THE NEW ZEALAND 3RD DIVISION'S INVOLVEMENT IN OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPANESE TROOPS ON NISSAN ISLAND, JUST NORTH OF BOUGAINVILLE. THIS YEAR, WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS SERVING IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL NAVY, AND THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON D-DAY ` THE 6TH OF JUNE 1944 ` AND IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED. BY ACKNOWLEDGING THESE SIGNIFICANT SECOND WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARIES, WE HONOUR THE SERVICE, SUFFERING, AND SACRIFICE OF OUR PEOPLE IN THAT MOMENTOUS WAR. EVERY NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY HAS IN SOME WAY BEEN TOUCHED BY OUR EXPERIENCE OF WAR. MORE THAN 250,000 NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE SERVED IN WAR AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, AND OF THESE, MORE THAN 30,000 HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, WITH MANY MORE WOUNDED. ON ANZAC DAY, WE HONOUR ALL WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION, AND ALL WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THEIR SERVICE. WE MUST ALSO GIVE SPECIAL THOUGHT AND THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH COURAGE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENTS, BOTH AT HOME AND OVERSEAS, AND ALSO TO MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE WHO SERVE IN PEACE SUPPORT ROLES. ON THIS ANZAC DAY, AS WE REFLECT ON THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF NEW ZEALANDERS ACROSS OUR MILITARY HISTORY, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE HORRORS OF WAR. WITH OUR COLLECTIVE REMEMBRANCE, AND STEADFAST BELIEF IN OUR COMMON HUMANITY, WE STRENGTHE OUR HOPE AND RESOLVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO FOSTER DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND TO HEAL DIVISIONS IN OUR PURSUIT OF PEACE. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. (BAND PLAYS) # HE HONORE, # HE KORORIA, # MAUNGARONGA KI TE WHENUA, # WHAKAARO PAI E, # KI NGA TANGATA KATOA. # AKE AKE, AKE AKE, AMINE, TE ATUA HE PIRINGA TOKU ORANGA. # # HE HONORE, # HE KORORIA, # MAUNGARONGA KI TE WHENUA, # WHAKAARO PAI E, # KI NGA TANGATA KATOA. # AKE AKE, AKE AKE, AMINE, # TE ATUA HE PIRINGA TOKU ORANGA. # AIR MARSHAL KEVIN SHORT, CHIEF OF THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE. MUCH HAS BEEN SAID AND WRITTEN ABOUT THE TIES THAT BIND NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. THIS IS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS AND GALLIPOLI. IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR SHARED VALUES, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE SPANNING ALMOST EVERY CONTINENT AND FOR WELL OVER A CENTURY. TWO LETTERS WRITTEN IN 1943 AND 1945 BY FLIGHT SERGEANT BOB BROMHEAD OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WHO WAS FROM COOTAMUNDRA IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SERVE AS POIGNANT REMINDERS. THEY WERE SENT TO MRS ALICE MACLEAN OF WANGANUI, AND ARE ABOUT HER SON, FLIGHT SERGEANT DEREK MACLEAN OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE. 'YOUNG MAC', AS HE WAS CALLED BECAUSE OF HIS YOUTHFUL LOOKS, WAS A SPITFIRE PILOT REPORTED MISSING IN AIR COMBAT OFF MALTA ON 11 OCTOBER 1942. HE WAS JUST FOUR DAYS FROM HIS TWENTY FIRST BIRTHDAY. 'MAC WAS LOST DOING A VERY COURAGEOUS THING,' BOB WROTE. 'IT TAKES GREAT COURAGE AND RESOLUTION 'TO ATTACK A FORMATION OF BOMBERS LIKE THAT SINGLE-HANDED. 'MAC HAD ALWAYS PLENTY OF SPIRIT BOTH IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND, 'AND I SHALL ALWAYS VALUE HIS FRIENDSHIP.' 'WE ALWAYS WENT ABOUT TOGETHER AND KNEW EACH OTHER WELL. 'MAC WAS A TERRIBLY AMUSING COMPANION. 'HE DELIGHTED EVERYONE WITH HIS HUMOROUS REMARKS ABOUT PEOPLE 'AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING OUR FLYING. 'I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS. 'MY OLDER BROTHER WAS KILLED ON THE 4TH NOVEMBER IN LIBYA, 'AND I KNOW HOW MY PARENTS FEEL. 'I HOPE THAT THIS LETTER CONVEYS A LITTLE TO YOU OF MY REGARD FOR MAC. 'ALSO I THOUGHT YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW OF HIS GALLANTRY. BOB'S SECOND LETTER, WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER 1945, TALKED ABOUT FAMILY AND RETURNING HOME. WHAT BOB REALLY WANTED ALICE TO KNOW, HOWEVER, WAS THAT HER SON WOULD ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. 'I STILL THINK OF DEREK WITH THE WARMEST ADMIRATION,' HE TOLD HER. 'HIS MEMORY WILL ALWAYS BE MOST VIVID TO ME.' 'I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT MY LIFE WAS ENRICHED BY HIS FRIENDSHIP. 'WE WERE GREAT PALS.' DAVID DEREK MACLEAN'S BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MALTA MEMORIAL NEAR VALLETTA, ONE OF THE 85 MISSING ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL NAMED ON THE MEMORIAL. ANZAC DAY HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN THE BOND BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. EACH YEAR WE GATHER BEFORE DAWN TO REMEMBER THE SERVICE, COURAGE, AND SACRIFICE OF ANZACS BEFORE US. MAJOR MAURICE STANLEY WAS ONE OF MANY NEW ZEALANDERS WHO FOUGHT SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH AUSTRALIANS. HE WAS PART OF A THREE-MAN NEW ZEALAND FORWARD OBSERVER ARTILLERY PARTY ATTACHED TO DELTA COMPANY OF 6 BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, ON THE 18TH OF AUGUST, 1966. HE WAS PART OF A THREE-MAN NEW ZEALAND FORWARD OBSERVER ARTILLERY PARTY ATTACHED TO DELTA COMPANY OF 6 BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, ON THE 18TH OF AUGUST, 1966. ON THAT DAY, AT THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN, 105 AUSTRALIANS AND THREE NEW ZEALANDERS FOUGHT A COMBINED NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY AND VIET CONG FORCE ESTIMATED AT OVER 2000 MEN. THEY WITHSTOOD THE ENEMY ADVANCE FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS. THE COMMANDER OF DELTA COMPANY, RECALLS THE BATTLE. 'I HAD A VERY CAPABLE NEW ZEALAND GUNNER OFFICER WITH ME ` 'MAURIE STANLEY AND HIS SMALL GROUP.' ON THAT DAY, 'EVERYTHING WAS WET, 'AND IN ADDITION TO THE WETNESS OF THE RAIN, 'THE ARTILLERY SHELLS, OF WHICH THERE WERE THOUSANDS, 'ALL STIRRED UP CORDITE SMOKE, AND HAZE, AND MIST. 'ON THE GROUND, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE 'TO SEE MORE THAN 50m. THE AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR FAR HIGHER. MAJOR STANLEY WOULD SURVIVE THE WAR, AND WAS AWARDED THE MBE FOR HIS ACTIONS AT THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN. ON 16 SEPTEMBER 2010, HE PASSED PEACEFULLY IN HIS HOME. HIS STORY IS BUT ONE FACET OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AND UNRIVALLED HERITAGE DEFENCE FORCES AND NATIONS SHARE. IN SERVICE AND SACRIFICE BRAVERY AND DETERMINATION AGAINST THE ODDS. TODAY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND STAND TOGETHER IN AN INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING WORLD. TOGETHER WE CONTINUE THE ANZAC STORY. TOGETHER WE REMEMBER THEM AND TOGETHER WE HONOUR THEIR LEGACY, LEST WE FORGET. I NOW INVITE HER EXCELLENCY OMUR UNSAY, AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKIYE, TO RECITE WORDS ATTRIBUTED TO MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK. (SPEAKS TURKISH) THOSE HEROES THAT SHED THEIR BLOOD AND LOST THEIR LIVES. YOU ARE NOW LYING IN THE SOIL OF A FRIENDLY COUNTRY. THEREFORE, REST IN PEACE. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JOHNNIES AND MEHMETS TO US, YOU, THE MOTHERS WHO SENT THEIR SONS FROM FAR AWAY COUNTRIES, WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS. YOUR SONS ARE NOW LYING IN OUR BOSOM AND ARE IN PEACE. HAVING LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS LAND THEY HAVE BECOME OUR SONS AS WELL. KEVIN ARLIDGE, PRESIDENT OF THE WELLINGTON RETURNED AND SERVICES' ASSOCIATION WILL RECITE THE ANZAC DEDICATION. AT THIS HOUR, ON THIS DAY, ANZAC RECEIVED ITS BAPTISM OF FIRE AND BECAME ONE OF THE IMMORTAL NAMES IN HISTORY. WE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE THINK OF TH COMRADES WHO WENT OUT WITH US TO BATTLE BUT DID NOT RETURN. WE FEEL THEM STILL NEAR US IN SPIRIT WE WISH TO BE WORTHY OF THEIR GREAT SACRIFICE. LET US, THEREFORE, ONCE AGAIN DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE SERVICE OF THE IDEALS FOR WHICH THEY DIED. AS THE DAWN IS EVEN NOW ABOUT TO PIERCE THE NIGHT, SO LET THEIR MEMORY INSPIRE US TO WORK FOR THE COMING OF THE NEW LIGHT INTO THE DARK PLACES OF THE WORLD. KA TAI KI TE WA WHAKATAKOTO PUAPUA WHAKAMAHARA KI NGA HOIA KUA HINGA. WE NOW COME TO THE WREATH LAYING, WHERE FLORAL TRIBUTES ARE LAID TO COMMEMORATE THE FALLEN. I INVITE HER EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAME CINDY KIRO, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF NEWZEALAND. HE KOHA TENEI NA TE TANGATA O AOTEAROA. HER EXCELLENCY HARINDER SIDHU, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF AUSTRALIA, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA. HER EXCELLENCY OMUR UNSAY, AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKIYE, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKIYE, TO LAY WREATHS. THE LAYING OF WREATHS AND FLORAL TRIBUTES ON THE GRAVES AND MEMORIALS OF THE FALLEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF ANZAC DAY. COLLECTIVELY REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANISATIONS, NATIONS, YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS PAY THEIR RESPECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS BY LAYING REEFS AT THE VARIOUS WAR MEMORIALS. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) THE CIRCULAR SHAPE OF THE REEF AND THE ORGANIC MATERIALS THEY ARE MADE FROM SIGNIFY ETERNAL LIFE. LEST WE FORGET THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES AND MORE FOR OUR FREEDOMS. VETERANS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMEMORATION. E KORE RATOU E KAUMATUATIA, PENEI I A TATOU KUA MAHUE NEI, E KORE HOKI RATOU E NGOIKORE, AHAKOA PEHEA I NGA AHUATANGA O TE WA I TE HEKENGA ATU O TE RA, TAE NOA KI TE ARANGA MAI I TE ATA, KA MAUMAHARA TONU TATOU KI A RATOU. THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. (DRUM ROLL) (BUGLER PLAYS 'LAST POST') (BUGLER PLAYS 'LAST POST') (DRUM ROLL)