After two years of planning and fundraising, Arrowtown's 92-year-old cenotaph has been restored in time to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
Arrowtown Returned and Services Association (RSA) president Lindsay Stirling said that work began in 2013 to secure the $100,000 of funding required to restore the cenotaph, which was beginning to fail.
Builder Gary Chalmers, responsible for the restoration, said it was ''heading off down the hill'', largely due to where and how it had been constructed in 1923.
''There had been a lot of trees; it was on the tree roots.
''After Word War 2, there wasn't the products. There was no steel in it. They used what they could.''
Over time, the cenotaph had begun to crack around the outside and took on a lean as the ground it was on began to subside.
Physical work began at the beginning of February, with several tonnes of concrete poured into the base and piping laid underneath it.
The urn on the top of the cenotaph was removed for assessment five months ago, but remounted on Thursday morning.
Landscaping work, including a larger terraced area and fencing to improve safety, is planned before this year's Anzac Day commemoration.
Mr Chalmers said the project would not have been possible without the generosity of funding bodies which included the Lotteries Commission, the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the SkyCity Queenstown Community Trust and others in the community who gave products and equipment, including the scaffolding, free of charge.
