Canterbury ⁦Commonwealth War Graves⁩ Cemetery in the shadow of the Sphinx. Just north of Anzac Commemorative Site. Created after the Armistice, 26 Kiwi and one unknown buried here. Roses just waiting for some sun to burst into colour.

Always majestic Sphinx overlooking the Anzac Commemorative Site Erosion is taking its toll, and it is thinning before our eyes. Irises late this year. Should be splendid by Anzac Day. ⁦Wendy Hinton⁩ ⁦⁦@SpeakerTrevor⁩

STORY || Chief Petty Officer Nic Irvine will be taking her relative’s Gallipoli Medallion to Turkey for #AnzacDay2019. Both her great-great-great-grandfather and his son served in the NZEF during WWI. #Gallipoli2019 medium.com/@nzdefenceforc…

⁦All of us Kiwis and Aussies at Gallipoli for Anzac Day appreciate the effort ⁦Commonwealth War Graves⁩ staff put in to prepare our special places for the commemorations. Here the team at work in the Chunuk Bair Cemetery ⁦Burak Gündoğan⁩ ⁦Wendy Hinton⁩ ⁦@SpeakerTrevor⁩

Infrastructure preparation for NZ Service at Chunuk Bair progressing well despite adverse weather. Our Memorial as always central to our commemoration but the nearby statue of Atatürk is a reminder that this was always Ottoman space during the battle Lainey 🌻 Wendy Hinton

Important part of ⁦NZ Defence Force⁩ Contingent battlefield tour is to pay our respects at the Turkish 57th Regiment Memorial on Gallipoli Peninsula. Their gallantry and determination on 25 Apr 1915 and later days shaped the course of the entire campaign

Preparations almost complete for NZ Service at Chunuk Bair on Anzac Day. The NZ Memorial and the statue of Atatürk stand only a few metres apart on this space that Turkey generously allows us to share. ⁦Lainey 🌻⁩ ⁦Wendy Hinton⁩ ⁦@SpeakerTrevor⁩

HE İsmail Kaşdemir, President of the Gallipoli Historic Sites Directorate visited the NZ Defence Force #Gallipoli2019 Contingent during a rehearsal at Chunuk Bair. He said they were always welcome here at this special place for 🇳🇿 & 🇹🇷Wendy Hinton @SpeakerTrevor Lainey 🌻

A moment’s silence dedicated to those killed and injured in the Chch Terror Attack has been held at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli.

The wonderful rosemary garden at the New Zealand Chunuk Bair Memorial remains in excellent condition as we carefully managed our infrastructure build for our commemoration around it. ⁦Lainey 🌻⁩ ⁦John McLeod⁩ ⁦Burak Gündoğan⁩

Health & safety and it’s accompanying legal liabilities always important, particularly for the Gallipoli commemorations. All the infrastructure needs to be brought in, independently certified as legally compliant, and then we sign for it as ⁦Lainey 🌻⁩ is doing.

With #anzacday2019 now behind us, the #NZEmbassy team in Ankara is pleased to see that knowledge of New Zealand’s role in WW1 continues to grow among #NewZealanders , thanks in part to the significant @WW100NZ centenary programme. @MFATgovtNZ NZ Defence Force NZDF Heritage Commonwealth War Graves

Great photo with the NZ Memorial to the Missing in the foreground.

Timor-Leste is close to many of our hearts, particularly so for Martin Dransfield. He has remained passionate and committed to the Timorese and it’s great he back there again helping them help themselves. stuff.co.nz/national/11260…

#OnThisDay in 1916, the Battle of Jutland began - the only major clash between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet during #WW100nz battlecruiser HMS New Zealand's X-Turret was hit by a shell during the battle #NZNavy #history #museum

Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori in the First World War by Dr Monty Soutar was launched at Auckland Museum last night. Manatū Taonga, Massey University and the NZ Defence Force joined up to tell the stories of the Māori Pioneer Battalion in detail for the first time. #ww100

A very special moment for a very special person - ⁦Lainey 🌻⁩ receives the Defence Meritorious Service Medal from CDF, AM Kevin Short for her outstanding contribution to the Anzac Day Gallipoli commemorations. Both her father and husband received the Army MSM.

John Crawford, Defence Historian receiving the Defence Meritorious Service Medal from CDF, AM Kevin Short. An outstanding historian who has contributed much to the knowledge and understanding NZ’s military history

⁦Matthew Buck⁩ receiving a CDF Commendation from CDF, AM Kevin Short. The Commendation recognised Matthew’s work on the no of NZers who served on Gallipoli and the research/ policy work on repatriation of the remains of our people buried overseas since 1955

A WWI veteran has been given a headstone after lying anonymously in a cemetery for a century. stuff.co.nz/national/last-…