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TV ONE is hosting a special day of commemoration for Saturday April 25 - Anzac Day. Details of coverage can be found below. 

5.55 am: Anzac Day Dawn Service 2009     

LIVE broadcast of the Dawn Service from Mt Maunganui, presented by Miriama Kamo. 
  
6.45am: Kiwis At War - Jack Rae

Kiwis At War recounts the story of Jack Rae, an ace fighter pilot who survived crashes and heavy bombing to land in a notorious German prison camp. But he was soon planning an escape bid of his own. 
 
7.10am: Reluctant Hero

The Reluctant Hero profiles Special Air Service soldier Willie Apiata, re-enacts the feat for which he received the Victoria Cross, and looks at how this reserved Kiwi soldier has coped with public exposure 
   
8.30am: Waka Huia  

Waka Huia celebrates ANZAC Day with a commemoration of the life and times of the late James Heemi Wirihana Takarangi at the National reunion of the 28 Maori Battalion held at his marae, Putiki, Wanganui, February 2009. Hemi Takarangi passed away on 28 January 2009 during his role as President of the 28 Maori Battalion. He was the elder / kaumatua of the Marae and speaker of his iwi Te Hau-Nui-a-Paparangi.

9.30pm: Nobody's Heroes

Nobody's Heroes at 9.30am is the story of Colin McRae, one of nearly 2,000 New Zealand soldiers captured on Crete in May 1941, told through the eyes of his grandson, Tom McRae.

10.30am: National Wreath Laying Ceremony

The national Wreath-Laying Ceremony will be broadcast LIVE from the National War Memorial in Wellington . 
  
Midday: ONE News update

12.05pm: Saving Face

The first of two new local documentaries, specially commissioned for Anzac Day 2009. Saving Face tells the story of four Kiwi surgeons who pioneered plastic surgery techniques whilst treating war casualties

1pm: Lost in Libya  

Lost In Libya follows four amateur historians as they trace the footsteps of their wartime heroes, a Kiwi unit of the elite Long Range Desert Group, 4000km into the Sahara Desert.

2.30pm: ANZAC ceremony at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.

A ONE News Special at 2.30 brings LIVE coverage of the ANZAC ceremony at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

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