WWII veteran 94-year-old Bob Rowland's receiving well deserved recognition today.

The country pauses to remember the cost of peace of honour those who died for our freedom.

Veteran soldier who died overnight had a special farewell at this morning's dawn service.

Australian footballers in town for the Masters Games put trans-Tasman rivalries aside.

Thousands of people have turned out at Anzac Day commemorations around the country and the world today.

Thousands of people turned out at Anzac Day commemorations around the country.

A tiny, sport-centric RSA is opening at stadium in a bid to win back young veterans.

Here is the full list of Anzac Day services being held around New Zealand tomorrow.

Rob Webb has lived a life of service. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Wellington morning’s service for ANZAC day.

Thousands of people gathered at Anzac Day dawn services around the country and around the world morning.

More than a breach of the Anzac Treaty, the exiling of New Zealand-Australians to Christmas Island is an astonishing breach of the Anzac spirit, writes Hugh Templeton.

The greatest honour we can pay the dead is to learn from the past and to never commit ourselves to such barbarity again, writes Anton Oliver

People share their personal war stories as they hunker down for the long night.

The Anzac service in Gallipoli is set to start as 100th anniversary commemorations finish up around New Zealand.

New Zealanders gathered around the country to see the first light of the day and remember the people who died in battle while forging the Anzac spirit.

At 2.30pm NZ time today, the sun will rise over Anzac Cove and the Dawn Service will begin, marking 100 years since the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli.

H E Damla Yesim Say, Turkish Ambassador to NZ, Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and Prime Minister John Key on the significance of this day.

The sons of a fallen Kiwi and Australian soldiers laid wreaths down at the new Australian Anzac memorial in Wellington.

Vandals have written "no tears for dead soldiers" on a Wollongong war memorial just a day before an annual Anzac ceremony.

John Key says he wants anti-terror law changes to be in place before the Cricket World Cup as Australia issues Gallipoli travel warning.

New Zealanders gathered in their thousands to celebrate Anzac Day at dawn services around the country on Friday, and now attention turns to preparations for next year's centenary of the World War I Gallipoli campaign.

It happens every year now on April 25: Maori Television morphs into our very own history channel, writes Greg Dixon

Communities came together at dawn services around the country yesterday to honour and remember Anzacs.

With his dad's medals proudly pinned to his chest, Julian Price waits to join the parade. Townsfolk are still spilling out of Mackenzie Community Centre in Fairlie, surprised to see rainclouds replaced by autumnal sunshine.

Thousands of New Zealanders and Australians have gathered at Gallipoli to pay tribute to the men who went through 'suffering and horrors' to carry out their duty.

One person died at today's dawn Anzac service in Wanganui.

Thousands of people assembled outside the Auckland War Memorial Museum this morning to commemorate New Zealand's "contribution to freedom".

On the day to remember the fallen, huge crowds gathered to pay their respects in Mt. Maunganui.