Armistice Day

Armistice Day – 11 November – marks the anniversary of the Armistice that ended hostilities on the Western Front of the First World War.

Armistice Day Today

Wreath-laying ceremonies mark Armistice Day at the National War Memorial in Wellington and at many local War Memorials throughout New Zealand. As part of these ceremonies, two minutes silence is observed at 11 a.m. on 11 November in memory of those New Zealanders who died while serving their country.

History of Armistice Day

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front in 1918.