Attending the Dunedin Returned Services Association's
Armistice Day remembrance service, held at Queens Gardens
yesterday, are (from left) David Ellison, Fred Daniel and
John Broughton.
The 94th anniversary of the end of World War I tomorrow will
be a day to remember those who lost their lives while serving
New Zealand, Veterans' Affairs Minister Nathan Guy says.
In only a few years, a full century will have passed since
World War 1 began; the "war to end all wars" as it was
described. Since then, many more battles have been fought,
several generations have passed and family memories recede.
To protest peacefully is a tenet of New Zealand
democracy. For two weeks the protesters have camped in
the Octagon, and peacefully aired their grievances against
capitalism and corporate greed in a peaceful manner.
Two minutes' silence enveloped a central Dunedin park at 11am
yesterday as traffic was stopped and those gathered at the
city's Cenotaph remembered those who served, and serve, in
the military.
The two-minute silence observed in Arrowtown yesterday for
Armistice Day was shattered with impeccable timing by a fire
station alarm, to the bemusement of veterans and RSA members.
