Commemoration vs Celebration

Over the last week, Wel­ling­ton has been the focus of an Anzac Day like no oth­er. The long-awaited Pukeahu Nation­al War Memori­al Park opened with a “spec­tac­u­lar” light show, and on Fri­day the city stopped to cheer a “spec­tac­u­lar” Anzac parade (paging Guy Debord!). This was fol­lowed by a huge turnout for the dawn ser­vice on […]