Armistice Commemorations

To mark Armistice Day, Rotorua Lakes Council, Returned Services Association and Te Arawa Returned Services League are hosting a commemoration service at the Cenotaph in Government Gardens. All are welcome to attend and honour all those that fought for us. Please gather at the Cenotaph at 10.30am with proceedings beginning at 10.40am. Rev Tom Poata will say the opening prayer followed by the opening address given by Mayor Tania Tapsell. Grant Botting will play the Last Post and Reville on the bugle, while the City of Rotorua Highland Pipe Band will perform during the wreath laying and placing of poppies. Ode to the Fallen will be read in te reo Māori and English, by Te Arawa Māori RSL representative Wiremu Keepa, and RSA President Jason Ramsay. One hundred and six years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the First World War finally came to an end with the signing of an Armistice between the Allied Powers and Germany. Ka maumahara tonu tātau ki a rātau. We will remember them Road closures – please note Queens Drive (from Princes Gate to Oruawhata Drive) will be closed to traffic from 10.30am – 11.30am. Please access Government Gardens from the Blue Baths side during that time. Please also note that Oruawhata Road (runs in front of the Museum) will be closed for the construction period. Tags / Keywords ANZAC Outdoors Cultural Rotorua CBD