Lest We Forget Auckland Museum was built as a memorial to the 12,000 people from the Auckland province who died in the first and second world wars. Each autumn the Museum remembers the great sacrifices made by these people, people who did their best for others €” and for their children's future.

Lest We Forget Auckland Museum was built as a memorial to the 12,000 people from the Auckland province who died in the first and second world wars. Each autumn the Museum remembers the great sacrifices made by these people, people who did their best for others €” and for their children's future. Every year, Auckland War Memorial Museum, the RSA and Auckland City Council mark ANZAC day with a series of services and commemorative events.

This year the Museum will again open immediately after the dawn service, enabling Aucklanders to further commemorate the day. Friday, 25 April 2008 from 6am - 5pm at Auckland Museum, Parnell. No donation will be asked for on this day.

ANZAC DAY PROGRAMME

6am - DAWN SERVICE CENOTAPH

6.45am - MUSEUM OPENS TO THE PUBLIC

9.15am - Performance by bugler William Gunson of wartime favourites and commemorative pieces FOYER

11am - Public Commemorative Service CENOTAPH 6.45am-5pm Military Research Services ARMOURY INFORMATION CENTRE Slideshow from the collections: Maori and Pacific people at war and home and landscapes

TE KAKANO INFORMATION CENTRE Slideshow/displays from the collections NATURAL HISTORY INFORMATION CENTRE 6.45am-10am & 12pm-4.30pm - Medals and badges; have them identified and talk about their significance ARMOURY INFORMATION CENTRE 12 - 4.30pm - Kids' 10 minute activity: poppy making WEIRD & WONDERFUL 12.30pm & 2:30pm - Interactive performance: Nurse Lottie SCARS ON THE HEART I 1.30pm and 3:30pm - Performance: Soldiers of the Great War SCARS ON THE HEART I 12.30pm & 2.30pm - Nurse Lottie performance SCARS ON THE HEART I 1pm - Lest We Forget Poetry Competition finalist readings WWII HALL OF MEMORIES 1pm - Performance: Andrew Sisters sing war songs FOYER 2pm - Talk: Ma'ara Maeve on Cook Island World War I soldiers TE KAKANO INFO CENTRE 2pm - Walking tour: Nurses at War with Chris Blackmore and Marjorie Traill SCARS ON THE HEART 2pm - Performance: Army Band CENOTAPH

AUDITORIUM PROGRAMME 12.45pm - Gallipoli Film: Heroes of Gallipoli AUDITORIUM 1.10pm - Talk: Small military units: Ceylon tea planters with Chris Blackmore AUDITORIUM 1.40pm - Panel Discussion: My grandfather, my father, our research: Anglo-Boer War to World War II with Christina Tuitubou, Si Burke and Lovonne Campbell AUDITORIUM 2.10pm - Talk: Troopships of World War I with Paul Hobbs AUDITORIUM 2.40PM - Talk: Animals in War: Mascots with veteran John Ross AUDITORIUM 3.10PM - Talk: Ending the War to end all wars: Peacemaking at the end of World War I with Dr Maartje Abbenhuis AUDITORIUM 3.40PM - Talk: The Dardanelles Inquiry: Revelations after the failures at Gallipoli with John McIntyre AUDITORIUM 4.10PM - Gallipoli Film: Heroes of Gallipoli AUDITORIUM 23/04/08