DUNEDIN RETURNED AND SERVICES’ ASSOCIATION (Inc) COMMUNITY SERVICES 2026
ANZAC DAY SERVICES
Dunedin Dawn Services: | March on at 6.15am, Service begins at 6.30am, Cenotaph, Queens Gardens. Following the dawn service, there will be and Anzac Day breakfast at Araiteuru Marae, Shetland St, from 8am. All welcome. |
Posy Laying: | Anderson’s Bay Soldiers Cemetery, 9.30am |
Montecillo: | Raising HMNZS TOROA Ensign and Service at Montecillo Veteran's Home and Hospital, Bay View Rd, 11am |
University of Otago: | Anzac Service at University Plaza (adjacent to the Staff Club), 1pm. Or if wet, inside the Main Common Room in the University Union Building. |
Dunedin: | Concert at Knox Church, 7pm. Dunedin RSA Choir will present it’s ‘Anzac Revue’. |
COMMUNITY SERVICES
ANDERSONS BAY: Service at KiwiRail Hillside War Memorial, 10am
BRIGHTON: Parade departs Brighton Rugby Club at 10am, heads to Brighton Hall for Service at 10.15am
EAST TAIERI: Service at East Taieri Cemetery, 8.30am
GREEN ISLAND: Service at Memorial Gardens at 11am
GREEN PARK CEMETERY: Service at Green Park Services sections at 12.15pm (new time)
MACANDREW BAY: Service at Macandrew Bay Hall, 10am
MOSGIEL: Parade departs Mosgiel RSA at 9.40am, heads to Memorial Gardens Cenotaph for service at 10am
OUTRAM: Parade from Mitchell’s Four Square at 11am, heads to Cenotaph for Service at 11.10am
PORTOBELLO: Service at Portobello Museum & Historical Society, 9.30am
PORT CHALMERS: Service at Chalmers Place, George St, 10am
UPPER JUNCTION: Service at War Memorial with the Otago Military History Group, 12.30pm
WAITATI: Service at Cenotaph then Waitati Hall, followed by Community Morning Tea, 10am
WAIKOUAITI: Parade meet at RSA, 10 Pratt Street 10.45am Service at RSA Clubrooms following parade, 11am
WAKARI: Service at Summerset at Bishopscourt Retirement Village, 11am
DAWN SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE
MEDALS TO BE WORN
The ANZAC DAY Dawn service parade will be held at the Cenotaph Queens Gardens Dunedin.
Veteran March on commences at 6.15am. Dawn Service commences at 6.30am. Wreaths will be laid as part of the Service. Relatives may wear medals on the right side of the chest.
FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE DAWN SERVICE BY CAR, WE REQUEST YOU TURN YOUR CAR ALARM OFF DURING THE SERVICE, PLEASE.
A cordial Invitation is extended to the Public to attend the above Services.
