Residents of Hobsonville Pt in Auckland stand at their gates to mark Anzac Day in 2021. Photo / Dean Purcell, File
EDITORIAL:
Who could forget the moving images of Anzac Day in 2020? Resolutely locked down to halt the spread of Covid-19, Kiwis emerged from their houses to stand at their gates to remember the sacrifices of war.
Standing together, yet apart, in the pre-dawn darkness. Puffs of silvery condensation
from faces in the gloom. Stillness in commemoration, the fallen in our thoughts.
Last year in level 1 was more open, and this year, emerging from the Omicron wave, Returned and Services Associations around the country have cautiously reopened dawn and later memorials for Monday's commemorations. Most have scaled back events to avoid crowds potentially exposing, particularly, our oldest veterans to the virus.
