Anzac Day Services

Monday April 24

2pm - WARD (War Memorial)

Tuesday April 25

6am - PICTON (War Memorial)

6:30am - SEDDON (War Memorial)

9am - RENWICK (War Memorial)

9:30am - SPRING CREEK (Spring Creek Hall)

10am - HAVELOCK (Town Hall)

12pm - BLENHEIM (War Memorial Clock Tower, Seymour Square).

Now a veteran of four operational deployments, he wants New Zealanders to understand the challenges our modern veterans face – and why they need support just as much as those who have gone before. Ryan says coming home from a deployment from Afghanistan was different. "I'd experienced the loss of one good friend and three other comrades. It had been a very intense period on combat patrols, looking for IEDs and insurgents and being ready to fight at a moment's notice," he says.

"When you get home, it's hard to switch off that level of alertness."