Franklin Anzac Day services
Āwhitu
8.30am: Civic service at cenotaph
Bombay
8.45am: Service at Bombay Hall
Buckland
9.45am: Service at cenotaph
Maramarua
8.45am: Service at cenotaph, Red Fox Tavern car park
Patumahoe/Waiau Pa
10.30am: Service at Waiau Pa Hall
Pokeno
9am: Service at cenotaph
Port Waikato,
9am: Service at Port Waikato Fire Station
Pukekohe:
5.45am: Parade marches to cenotaph from corner of Roulston Ave and Massey Ave
6am: Dawn Parade, Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall
10.45am: Parade marches to cenotaph and Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall, from Old Post Office, Hall St
11am: Civic service, Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall
2pm: Service at Possum Bourne Retirement Village
Te Kauwhata
6am: Parade marches from library to war memorial
6.15am: Dawn service
10.30am: March from Suits and Gumboots to College Hall
10.45am: Service at College Hall
Tuakau
10.50am: Parade marches to Tuakau War Memorial Town Hall
11am: Civic service, Tuakau War Memorial Town Hall
Waiuku
10.30am: Parade marches from Waiuku War Memorial Town Hall to cenotaph
10.55am: Wreath laying service
12pm: Service at Waiuku War Memorial Hall
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