Two Gisborne monuments honouring the country’s soldiers who died in battle are being cleaned ahead of Anzac Day.
The Gisborne Cenotaph and the Pātūtahi Returned Services Monument will have scaffolding and fences put around them to enable contractors to clean them.
“Because these are two high-profile monuments in our district, we wanted to let our community know what is happening”, says Gisborne District Council liveable communities director Michele Frey.
The Pātūtahi monument cleaning could start today, and the Cenotaph will have scaffolding put up around March 22. Ms Frey says the dates are weather-dependent and could change.
This year will mark the 108th Anzac Day to commemorate the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who lost their lives in Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1915, as well as those who served and died in the two world wars, Borneo, Malaya, Korea and Vietnam.
