Where to commemorate Anzac Day in CanterburyJOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Find an ANZAC ceremony near you in Canterbury. On Wednesday, April 25, New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Since 1916, Anzac Day has become the day New Zealanders acknowledge the service and sacrifice of all people involved in military conflicts. NORTH CANTERBURYCheviot RSA Service, meet at the War Memorial Cenotaph, 10.30amCust RSA Service, Community Centre, 10amKaiapoi RSA Service, Trousselot Park, 10amSTACY SQUIRES/STUFF Brutus Taylor, 79, Alan Ingold, 96, sell poppies at Christchurch's Barrington Mall on Poppy Day last week. SOUTH CANTERBURYAshburton Dawn Service, ​Cenotaph, Baring Square East, 6.30amCemetery Service, Services Plot, 48 Bremners Road, Ashburton, 9.00am​Civic Service and wreath laying, ​Cenotaph, Baring Square East, Ashburton​, 11.00amHakatere Service, ​​Hakatere Marae, State Highway 1, 7.30amLincoln, Event Centre, 2pmRangiora, RSA War Memorial Cenotaph, 11.15am- Stuff

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