In a show of Anzac spirit in Gallipoli, members of the Australian Defence Force helped their New Zealand counterparts planning to play a smaller role in commemorations because their luggage was lost during transit to Turkey. The group of 40 from New Zealand’s travelling defence contingent were forced into a clothes-swap and to ditch plans to perform music when several bags didn’t make it to Turkey after a transit through flood-hit Dubai.
Wild weather hits NZ Anzac events In Wellington, gusts of over 100kmph closed the service to the public, forcing the event inside the National War Memorial’s Hall of Memories, allowing space for only some dignitaries and officials. One who made it inside was the Chief of Australia’s Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, who chose to spend the occasion this year in New Zealand, showing the depth of the Anzac bond. “It is an honour to spend Anzac Day in New Zealand,” Campbell said.