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Mayor Grant Smith and Wiremu Te Awe Awe blessing crosses set up to commemorate ANZAC Day, 2015. Each cross represented the name of an individual upon the Cenotaph, with 507 installed altogether. The 2015 ceremony, marking the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, was one of the largest held to date.

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Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2015BD_IMCA-Digitalmaster_013619
Title
ANZAC Day 2015 - Blessing of memorial crosses
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive 2015
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Place
The Square
Date
April 23, 2015

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Credit Line
Evan Greensides

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anzac,
anzac day,
blessing,
ceremony,
crosses,
grant smith,
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poppies,
poppy,
remembrance,
te awe awe,
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