Armistice Day to be marked across NZ

100 crosses in the Field of Remembrance to mark the Armistice Day ceremony in Paraparaumu. Photo / Mark Mitchell, NZ Herald

A field of 100 wooden crosses will be unveiled to mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.

Memorial services for Armistice Day - which marks the end of the "war to end all wars" with the signing of the Armistice at 11am on November 11, 1918 - will be held throughout the country tomorrow.

In Kapiti, a Field of Remembrance will be unveiled with a blessing at 10.30am.

The field - made up of 100 wooden crosses, symbolising the Kapiti soldiers who died in the war - will remain in place until the centenary of Armistice Day in 2018.

A national Armistice Day commemoration will be held at the Hall of Memories at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington, from 11am.

The service will include a wreath laying, the roll of honour, the ringing of the remembrance bell and the Last Post ceremony.

In Auckland, a memorial service will be held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum from 11am.

The service will feature singer Rebecca Nelson, who performed New Zealand's national anthem at the Gallipoli centenary service earlier this year.

There will also be an official address from University of Auckland Associate Professor of Pacific Studies Damon Salesa.

• The Returned and Services' Association says people can contact their nearest RSA for details of local Armistice Day services. Find your nearest RSA here.