Sensitive time.

As part of ANZAC Day commemorations, Harry Darmawan, lecturer in International Relations at the University of Indonesia and Dian Irawaty a member of the Indonesian diaspora in Christchurch describe how the pressures of a period in time have shaped peoples’ attitudes towards ANZAC Day.

Nearly 60 Anzac Day services were cancelled in New Zealand following the Christchurch massacre. Source: Photo Source: AAP/The New Daily 10 April 2019.

How did the Vietnam War era shape attitudes towards ANZAC Day in Australia? How did recent events in Christchurch effect ANZAC Day commemorations in New Zealand?   Harry Darmawan and Dian Irawaty describe the commemoration of ANZAC Day at historically sensitive times.

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