Pix: 25044120HBTPTanzac.JPG Raewyn King playing her pipes for an audience of eight, at the Waipawa Cenotaph on Anzac Day. Photo / Paul Taylor 25045420HBTPTanzac.JPG Wreaths had been quietly laid at the Otane Cenotaph. Photo / Paul Taylor CHBGrantOgilvie Waipukurau piper Grant Ogilvie marked the day with a rendition of "When The Battle's O'er", from his home in Tavistock Road. PHOTO / SUPPLIED
It was an Anzac Day like no other.
Poppies adorned windows and letterboxes throughout Central Hawke's Bay and people stood at the end of their driveways at dawn in remembrance.
But, while the spirit of Anzac was strong, the region's cenotaphs stood largely silent, in line with the national Covid-19 level 4 lockdown.
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