2025 ANZAC Day services in Queenstown Lakes

A list of services being held can be found below.

Arrowtown

• 10.00am parade from Arrowtown Hall to the Cenotaph on top of Durham Street. 

• The service at the Cenotaph starts from 10.30am.

• If weather is wet, the service will be held inside Arrowtown Hall.

• There will also be golf carts at Durham Street to assist those who need it up to the monument. Sponsored by Millbrook Resort.

Arthurs Point

• National Anthem and bagpipes played on Edith Cavell Bridge from 12.00pm.

• Traffic management in place to support the service.

Glenorchy

• Remembrance service from 9.30am at the war memorial by Glenorchy Hall.

• Morning tea held inside the hall afterwards.

Lake Hāwea

• Dawn service at ANZAC Peninsula on the Lake Hāwea Dam from 7.00am.

• Community asked to arrive between 6.30-6.45am.

Queenstown

• Dawn service at Memorial Gates located on Marine Parade from 6.30am.

• Followed by a march to Queenstown Memorial Centre where wreaths will be laid.

Wānaka

• Dawn service on edge of Lake Wānaka adjacent to the town centre from 7.00am, followed by a community breakfast in the Armstrong Room at Lake Wānaka Centre.

• Civic service held at Lake Wānaka Centre from 9.30am, followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph.