Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today
that a service of remembrance will be held in Wellington on
11 September, the first anniversary of last year’s terrorist
attacks in the United States.
Helen Clark said the use of
hijacked aircraft in terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001
in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania were acts of
cold-blooded and incomprehensible violence that had sent
shockwaves around the world.
“It is fitting that, one year
on, there is an opportunity to remember those who lost their
lives in those tragic events, and to reflect on how the
world has changed since that day,” Helen Clark said.
The
service, to be held at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
at 12.30 pm on Wednesday, will be the government’s official
commemorative event on 11 September.
It will be attended
by Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright, ministers and
parliamentarians, public service chief executives, senior
defence personnel, representatives of the Fire Service, the
Police and other emergency services, and members of the
diplomatic corps, including the United States Ambassador to
New Zealand, Charles Swindells.
The service is being
organised by the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, the Visits
and Ceremonial Office of the Department of Internal Affairs,
the United States Embassy, the Police, and the New Zealand
Fire Service.
Members of the public are invited to
attend.
Helen Clark said that flags on government
buildings will be flown at half-mast on
Wednesday.
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