Kiwis, politicians, veterans and service personnel gathered for the 108th Anzac Day dawn services across New Zealand on Tuesday morning.
The larger services have taken place in Auckland, on the forecourt of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, in Wellington, at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, and in Christchurch, at Cathedral Square.
Services were also held in many other cities and towns around the country.
In Auckland, thousands of people braved the chilly conditions where the sound of drums and bagpipes pierced the cold dawn air at the ceremony at the Auckland Domain.
Veterans from wars around the world, including Korea to South Sudan, marched onto the court of remembrance and stood in attendance at the foot of the large stone cenotaph.
Historian Dr Stephen Clarke explained to those gathered that the empty coffin at the top of the cenotaph commemorated fallen New Zealanders and those who have never been found.
Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni, the Consul General of Australia Brad Williams, National Party leader Christopher Luxon, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, Rear Admiral James Gilmour, patron of the Auckland RSA Sir Graham Lowe and chief executive of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Dr David Gaimster all laid reefs in "memory of all fallen service men and woman and all who served".
Vanguard military school cadets also performed a haka in front of the crosses at the war memorial.
In the capital, around 3000 people gathered at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. The Great Marshall parade welcomed the procession of members of the services to the memorial grounds.
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau and National deputy leader Nicola Willis were in attendance.
Taranaki Whānui's Peter Jackson closed the Dawn Service in the capital with karakia and a message.
He told those who had gathered "We've stood shoulder to shoulder in remembrance ... we must remember to never go to war if we could possibly suffer, because the price is too high".
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was at a service in Upper Hutt just out of Wellington. He placed a wreath at the foot of a war monument and a helicopter also did a fly-by during the service.
Around 2000 people turned up for the service in the Upper Hutt, with Reverend Lance Lukin telling the crowd there were 32 countries currently in war or conflict, which includes Ukraine and Congo.
"For many, they don't get to experience mornings like this," he said.
At the service in Christchurch, veterans paraded up Worcester Boulevard to the square, for the service at the newly-restored Citizens War Memorial.
Mayor Phil Mauger said it was a special year for the city as the dawn service returned to Cathedral Square.
Anzac Day Dawn Services have not been held at Cathedral Square since the devastating earthquakes.
"We have come home to Cathedral Square," Mauger said
Kiwis around the country braved the cold conditions as a cold front swept through the country.
NIWA said the effective, or 'feel' temperature will be near or below zero for many interior sections of the South Island and parts of the North Island.
MetService backed that up telling Newshub the cold front that has hit New Zealand is in vast contrast to the muggy warm temperatures we've been experiencing lately.
"So we're expecting temperatures in the single digits for most parts of the country, low single digits for a lot of people," MetService meteorologist Jessie Owen told Newshub
"This is exactly when there's going to be a lot of people out and about for those dawn services, so people will need to wrap up warm for that."
