Two-and-a-half-thousand returnees are experiencing Anzac Day in managed isolation, but some have still woken to a bugler.
A hotel groundsman will play the Last Post at a managed isolation hotel in Hamilton. (file pic) Photo: 123RF
The 33 guests in Hamilton's Jet Park Hotel MIQ facility heard the hotel's groundsman, Robert, play the Last Post in an early morning service.
Hotel manager David Latu said he had the idea for Robert to be the MIQ bugler after learning he could play the trumpet.
He said hotel staff also prepared hot chocolates and Anzac biscuits, and poppies will be available from the local RSA.
Officials say small ceremonies or commemorations are happening across other MIQ facilities, under alert level 4 restrictions.
