South Otago High School head girl Briar Mills (17) reflects on her changing perception of Anzac Day during the 2018 Balclutha dawn service. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISON : Thousands pay their respects

John Laughton, of HMNZS Toroa, salutes during the New Zealand national anthem at the Montecillo Veterans' Home and Hospital Anzac Day service in South Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Thousands pay their respects

Melissa Hannagan helps sons Max and Isaac lay poppies after yesterday morning's Anzac service in Mosgiel. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN : Thousands pay their respects

After laying a wreath on the Wanaka Cenotaph, Queenstown Lakes deputy mayor Calum McLeod takes a moment to remember the lives lost in war. PHOTO: SEAN NUGENT : Thousands pay their respects

Cromwell RSA president Denis Ryan lays poppies on returned servicemen’s graves in Cromwell cemetery yesterday. PHOTO: PAM JONES : Thousands pay their respects

Balclutha Brass Band bugler Warrick Thomson plays the Last Post at the dawn service in Balclutha. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISON : Thousands pay their respects

Senior Sergeant Brian Benn, of Dunedin, and his father-in-law Alan Anderson lay a wreath during the Mosgiel Anzac Day service. Mr Anderson (95) is believed to be the last survivor of the Otago Mounted Rifles. Photo: Gerard O'Brien : Thousands pay their respects

Mikayla Clark (7), of Lake Hawea, lays a poppy on the Hawea Memorial yesterday morning at her first dawn service. PHOTO: SEAN NUGENT : Thousands pay their respects

Members of Oamaru 26 Squadron of the Air Training Corps fly flags during a parade from the town’s Boer War Memorial to the North Otago Returned and Services Association Garden of Memories as part of Anzac Day commemorations. PHOTO: DANIEL BIRCHFIELD : Thousands pay their respects

The Queenstown and Southern Lakes Highland Pipe Band leads a parade from the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall to the township’s war memorial yesterday. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS : Thousands pay their respects