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.

"I am having an Anzac remembrance breakfast with my parents. Given my dad was an RNZAF pilot (although not in World War I) this seems appropriate." - Simon Gault

It began with a letter, written by a grieving soldier in Gallipoli to the family of his fallen mate.

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.

Reporter Kurt Bayer sets the scene for those on home soil as the first centenary commemoration winds down, a world away.

Thousands of Kiwis and Australians gathered at Anzac Cove today to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.

The first of the Anzac commemorative services is well underway, as Kiwis start to rise to commemorate our fallen heroes here on home soil.

A three hour security sweep has begun at Gallipoli ahead of tomorrow’s Anzac Day commemorations.

Labour leader Andrew Little says the new Pukeahu National War Memorial Park should have a monument to honour Lieutenant Colonel William Malone.

Thousands of people lined the streets of Wellington for the Anzac Street Parade, made up of 16 vintage World War I vehicles from Sir Peter Jackson's personal collection.

Members of the New Zealand Defence Force have embarked on an emotional journey of remembrance and commemoration, heading overseas to take part in Anzac Day services.

The New Zealand hero of Gallipoli James Waddell stood less than 5ft 3 but heroes don’t come much bigger.

The 75 strong Gallipoli contingent, made up of 50 NZDF personnel and 25 Youth Ambassadors, has arrived at Canakkale, Turkey to take part in the 100th commemorations on Anzac Day. The team is made of a catafalque guard and members of the Defence Force band and Maori Culture Group, as well as a support group from Veterans' Affairs New Zealand. Having travelled in a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757, the team is now rehearsing and looking forward to being involved in the Gallipoli commemorations that lie ahead. Source: NZDefenceForce/Youtube

The NZDF contingent participated in a battlefield tour led by the contingent historian Dr. Ian McGibbon. The tour covered the area between ANZAC cove and Chunuk Bair, leading the team up the ridge line that traced the path that the New Zealand Expeditionary forces endured a 100 years ago. Source: NZDefenceForce/Youtube

The "Anzac spirit" was celebrated by US Secretary of State John Kerry in a tribute today.

We want to create a permanent photographic record of how New Zealanders are marking the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.

They were sketched amid the hell of Gallipoli, drew the complements of the WW1 campaign’s foremost generals, and were later shown before the Royal Family.

Thousands of people lined the streets of Wellington today for the Anzac Street Parade which weaved its way through the city around lunchtime.

The story of the campaign in the words of those who fought it, including rare archive letters, diary entries, photos and audio.

British rock legend Mark Knopfler performs a moving guitar version of the Last Post for Superact and it's World War One centenary project, The Last Post - www.thelastpostproject.org.uk Mark's version of the iconic call is dedicated to 17,000 Northumberland Fusiliers killed in the First World War. Having grown up in Blyth, Northumberland, Knopfler dedicated the Last Post performance to his hometown regiment who suffered more casualties in the First World War then any other. Source: http://www.markknopfler.com/mark-plays-the-last-post/

They have sailed 14,000 nautical miles halfway around the world, in the wake of the Anzac soldiers and seamen who fought and died a century ago. New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha left Wellington on October 16 last year - 100 years to the day that 8500 New Zealand Expeditionary Force troops and almost 4000 horses left to fight in World War 1.

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If the rehearsal is anything to go by, the real thing will be powerful, stirring and emotional.

World War I medals dug out of an Auckland garden decades ago have found their way back to their original recipient's family - just in time for Anzac Day.

A collection of Sir Peter Jackson's original and restored World War I vehicles rolled through Wellington ahead of an Anzac parade tomorrow.

If a New Zealand commander had told his troops at Gallipoli, ‘I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die’, it’s unlikely that he’d be remembered by towering statues or commemorative coins.

Vintage World War One vehicles are out of storage and driven through Wellington to the Westpac stadium, in preparation for the Anzac parade.