YOUR GUIDE TO ANZAC DAY 2015 IN THE HASTINGS DISTRICT
ANZAC DAY 2015
HASTINGS REMEMBERS
WORLD WAR ONE 100 YEAR COMMEMORATIONS
This year’s ANZAC Day events in our district focuses
on the 100 years that have passed since the Gallipoli
landings and the battle that followed.
In that 11 month campaign in 1915 the Allied forces
unsuccessfully tried to seize control of the sea route
from Europe to Russia. Over 44,000 Allied troops died,
and over 97,000 on the Turkish side. One in every five of
the 2,779 New Zealanders who landed at Gallipoli died.
We remember them every ANZAC Day.
Join us in remembering them this year in our special
ANZAC Day 2015 – Hastings Remembers free
community programme of events and activities.
Neil Murphy, CEO of the Hastings RSA says “Anzac Day
2015 is significant in its Centenary Celebration. It is a
day where we as a nation can commemorate and pay
tribute to the contribution and suffering of all those
who have served in not only the Gallipoli campaign but
all theatres of war and conflict where many paid the
ultimate sacrifice.”
Major General Dave Gawn (Chief of Army staff) said on
a recent visit to Hastings, “Hastings, like all districts
in New Zealand, sacrificed a great deal in the war
since the landings at Gallipoli. On ANZAC Day, it
is important that we remember not just those who
passed during the battles of World War One, but all
those who subsequently served New Zealand and paid
the ultimate sacrifice - with their lives. Lest We Forget.”
This lift-out is your guide for all things ANZAC Day in
the Hastings District. Whether you want to attend the
traditional Dawn Service, or you’d prefer to take part
in the Civic Service at the more family-friendly time of
10am, there is something for everyone.
Major General Dave Gawn
Lay a poppy in remembrance at the Hastings War
Memorial Library and hear stories of Gallipoli at the
Hastings City Art Gallery. It’s all on in Civic Square
where Hastings will remember. See inside for details.
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ANZAC DAY 2015 - HASTINGS REMEMBERS
WORLD WAR ONE 100 YEAR COMMEMORATIONS
ANZAC DAY PROGRAMME 25 APRIL 2015 CIVIC SQUARE, HASTINGS
Join us on Saturday 25 April for a special dawn service and full programme of free community
events as Hastings remembers those who served in WW1.
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ANZAC Day in and around Civic Square.
Roads closed 7am Fri 24 Apr to
5pm Sat 25 Apr – no parking
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Haka and Waiata: Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre
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National anthems of New Zealand and Australia
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Mayor Lawrence Yule
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Evocation: Sister Marlene Dunn
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Colonel Grant Motley
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Representatives from local schools
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Performance: Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre
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Ode (Maori and English)
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Green Fields of France: Keith Gosney
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ANZAC DAY ACTIVITIES CONTINUED
In the lead up to ANZAC Day 2015 and the days
following, the Hastings District will remember ANZAC
Day with these special performances and activities
throughout our region. Find out more.
Crimson Sounds
23 April | St Matthew’s Anglican Church
Hear performances from local musicians, interspersed with selected
readings from poems, letters and stories of World War One. To find out
more about this free event visit stmatthewshastings.org.nz
We Will Remember Them – Havelock North
schools commemoration
pathos and passion and was selected to accompany the public broadcast
announcement of the death of President John F Kennedy. It was also part
of the soundtrack for the Vietnam war film Platoon.
24 April | Havelock North Domain
Over 3,000 students from all seven schools in Havelock North will come
together for their own commemoration of the Gallipoli landings.
The concept for the We Will Remember Them massed service was
proposed by a handful of students and quickly spread to other students
and schools of Havelock North.
On Friday 24 April students will gather at the Havelock North Domain to
honour those who died, and those who returned from Gallipoli. Prior to
the service, students will attach thousands of poppies to a wire frame to
form a dramatic backdrop to the event.
Each school group will perform its own tribute, in song or speech. At the
end of the event student representatives will form a procession to the
War Memorial where they will lay a wreath on behalf of each school.
Woodford House teacher, Rachel Roberts, says ‘’In teaching our
students, we have looked at how troops going to fight in World War
One represented their local regions. Each year as a parent and history
teacher I am extremely impressed with the number of students who
attend our local ANZAC Day services. The 100th anniversary of the
Gallipoli landings is an enormously significant milestone and marking
this by bringing our local community of schools seemed something that
would be very meaningful for everyone involved.”
Performances from the Deco Bay Napier Port Brass
Band and NZ String Quartet
Lay a Poppy at the Hall of Memories
25 April | Hall of Memories at Hastings War Memorial Library
Make a paper poppy and pay your respects by laying it in the Hall of
Memories, in the foyer of the Hastings War Memorial Library. Materials
provided. The Hall of Memories opens at 5am, make a poppy between
8am and 4pm.
Finding Gallipoli
25 April | Hastings City Art Gallery
Finding Gallipoli is currently being exhibited at the Hastings City Art
Gallery. In Finding Gallipoli, artist David Guerin will tell stories about
Gallipoli, inviting you to contribute to a collective artwork to remember
100 years. There will be five storytelling sessions over the day at 9.15am,
11.15am, 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm. Each episode is based on the
actual letters of a soldier who fought at Gallipoli.
Find loved ones on the Roll of Remembrance
25 April | Hastings War Memorial Library
Search for family and friends who served in WW1 or who settled in the
Hastings District and are now lying at rest in the RSA Service cemeteries
at the Hastings War Memorial Library. The library opens 1pm to 4pm on
ANZAC Day.
Heretaunga Women’s Centre Women Open Day
25 April | Civic Square
Between the end of the Dawn Service (6.10am) and the start of the Civic
Service (10am) there will be a musical interlude with performances to
keep you in the ANZAC spirit.
You can ‘Pack up yer troubles in your old kit bag’ with music from World
War One and World War Two from the Deco Bay Napier Port Brass Band.
The programme then takes a more poignant turn as Alec Wishart (lead
singer of legendary Kiwi band Hogsnort Rupert) sings a short set of
songs including The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
The programme ends with the New Zealand String Quartet. Described
as the ‘All Blacks of New Zealand chamber music,’ the string quartet
will play a programme of remembrance-themed pieces including the
iconic Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. It’s a piece known for its
A HISTORICAL LOOK THROUGH WW1
The New Zealand String Quartet
25 April | Heretaunga Women’s Centre
From 10am, visit the Heretaunga Women’s Centre for Devonshire tea,
tours and a spotlight on how women supported World War One.
Everyone is welcome.
St Matthew’s Anglican Church Civic Service
26 April | St Matthew’s Anglican Church
On Sunday, everyone is invited to congregate at St Matthew’s Anglican
Church for a Civic Service of Remembrance. The church is a poignant
choice for the event as a large memorial cairn inscribed with 44 names
of the fallen sits within its grounds. This free service starts at 10am. To
find out more visit stmatthewshastings.org.nz
View these photos and more of our Hastings servicemen
and women at the Hastings War Memorial Library.
REGIONAL ROLL OF HONOUR
The names of 609 men are recorded
on the Havelock North, Hastings,
Clive and Maraekakaho World War
One cenotaphs.
things and endured the
most awful conditions. He
suffered psychological
harm and was being
cared for in a hospital in
England in the middle of
1918, close to the end of
the War, when he ended
his own life. It was so
sad to imagine what had
happened to him.”
For the past 10 years, Hastings local history
librarian, Madelon van Zijll de Jong, has been
honouring their sacrifice.
Her mission has been to enter their full names
and, where possible, a photo and a little bit of
detail about each man on an online database the Regional Roll of Remembrance. This is
hosted on the Hastings Remembers website
hastingsremembers.nz
“Only the initials and surnames were recorded on
the cenotaphs so I started by finding their first
names.”
Madelon used the Auckland Museum cenotaph
database, old electoral rolls on Ancestry.com, the
Archives New Zealand scans of army personnel
records, cemetery databases, death notices, and
jubilee records to find the full names of many of
these fallen World War One combatants.
Hastings local history librarian, Madelon van Zijll de Jong in the Hall of Memories
“I also visited some local cemeteries to photograph
headstones to get information and in some cases
have added those photos to the database.”
Madelon says reading the army records of some of
the men was very moving.
“There was one local man who had signed up in
1914 as a medic. He served in Egypt and then
France for over two years, much of that time
around Rouen. He must have seen some terrible
She says she hasn’t
managed to track down
details on everyone, and
will continue to update the
database as time goes on.
Hastings Remembers is a partnership between
the Hastings RSA, Hastings District Council,
Hastings District Libraries and Hastings
City Art Gallery. It has received generous
funding support from New Zealand Lotteries
Commission and the Eastern and Central
Community Trust.
For more information visit hastingsremembers.nz
POPPY PLACES
Have you ever thought about the
many streets, buildings, trees,
memorials and monuments in our
district and wondered, what are these
name after or why are they there?
In the Hastings District many are in remembrance
of those people who died and served in world
wars. For example Russell Street is named
after Napier-born, Sir Andrew Russell, who
commanded New Zealand soldiers in World War 1
in England, Gallipoli, France and Belgium.
Poppy Places is a national project inviting
members of the community to tell us what
you know about these streets, buildings, trees,
memorials and monuments so that we can start
to paint a clearer picture. A poppy will then be
attached to signage for quicker recognition.
Hastings District Council is especially keen to
hear from families who have a street, park or
some other public place named after them.
PICTURED: Sir Andrew Russell
Known places in the Hastings District named in
remembrance include:
Hastings War Memorial Library
Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital
and Memorial Chapel
Clive War Memorial Pool and Farndon Park
Memorial Gate
Russell Street, Hastings, named for Sir Andrew
(Guy) Russell
Kain Place, Hastings. named in September 2008
after Edgar “Cobber” Kain, a WW2 pilot and
fighter ace from Hastings
Selwyn Road, Havelock North, named for Selwyn
Chambers, killed serving in Gallipoli
Nigel Street, Havelock North, named for Nigel
McLean, killed serving in Gallipoli
Streets in Anderson Park, Havelock North
named for VC recipients: Upham Street, Elliot
Crescent, Ngarimu Street, and Crichton Place
Memorial Avenue, Haumoana
Pederson Street in Haumoana, may have been
named for Alfred Ernest Pedersen who served
in WWII, farmed in Waipawa then moved to
Haumoana in 1950.
Cenotaphs and war memorials
The stand of oak trees outside the former
Tomoana Freezing Works to commemorate
workers who died in World War II; the ANZAC
Pine on Te Mata Peak.
We know there are more streets and other
memorials we are not aware of.
One street that is earmarked for a poppy is
Russell Street after Sir Andrew Russell.
At the end of the Gallipoli campaign, Sir Russell
was given command of the ANZAC rear guard
during the final 48 hours of the evacuation.
His efforts were recognised with a promotion to
the rank of Major General and he was then given
command of the New Zealand Division when it
was sent to fight in France and Belgium.
He was also made a Knight Commander of the
Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St
George (K.C.M.G.). He is regarded as one of the
finest leaders of the Allied army in World War 1.
On ANZAC Day in Hastings, a bronze statue of
Sir Andrew will be unveiled on the Russell Street
edge of Civic Square, near the Cenotaph. The
statue has been supported by the New Zealand
Lotteries Commission, Hastings District Council
and the Russell family.
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