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 […]