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Let's cross over to Wellington now to check out the day's events there.
Since the early hours of this morning until now,
remembrance services for soldiers continue in Wellington.
The dawn service at the cenotaph was a bit different this morning.
It was the first time the Maori version of the ode
had been read at that venue.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old...
He's the grandson of a war soldier.
He went to World War II.
He's of Pakeha descent.
He had the honour of reading the ode in Maori for the first time
at this particular service.
We will remember them.
It's only right that it be said in Maori,
the indigenous language of this land.
He's not a soldier,
but his father encouraged him to read the ode
in memory of the soldiers both his grandfather and father
stood with in battle.
He was in the army for 31 years as an officer.
This is the biggest service held in Wellington every year.
While the rain held off here,
it was a different story in Dunedin.
But they soldiered on, come rain or cold.
Clear skies in Christchurch,
but back at the War Memorial in Wellington,
not long before midday, the rain began to drizzle.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
we will remember them.
We will remember them.
The Maori language had a place in the proceedings,
and hopefully it continues to do so in years to come, Anzac.