Editing Anzac Day (section)

===Decline in popularity===
By the 1950s, many New Zealanders had become antagonistic or indifferent towards the day. Much of this was linked to the legal ban on commerce on Anzac Day, and the banning by many local authorities of sports events and other entertainment on the day. Annoyance was particularly pronounced in 1953 and 1959, when Anzac Day fell on a Saturday. There was widespread public debate on the issue, with some people calling for the public holiday to be moved to the nearest Sunday or abolished altogether. In 1966, a new [[Anzac Day Act (New Zealand)|''Anzac Day Act'']] was passed, allowing sport and entertainment in the afternoon.<ref name=Robinson>Helen Robinson, 'Lest we Forget? The Fading of New Zealand War Commemorations, 1946–1966', ''New Zealand Journal of History'', 44, 1 (2010).</ref>

During and after Australia's involvement in the [[Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War|Vietnam War]] (1962–1975), interest in Anzac Day reached its lowest point in Australia. On 26 April 1975, ''[[The Australian (newspaper)|The Australian]]'' newspaper covered the passing of Anzac Day in a single story.<ref name=Editorial>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18916129-601,00.html The Anzac Spirit, ''The Australian'', 25 April 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720144815/http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18916129-601,00.html |date=20 July 2008}}</ref> In the 1960s and 1970s, anti-war protesters used Anzac Day events as a platform to voice opposition to conscription and Australia's military involvement in general;<ref>[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/commemoration.htm State Library of South Australia, "Commemoration"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410051635/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/saatwar/commemoration.htm |date=10 April 2008}}</ref><ref>Alan Ryan, [http://www.defence.gov.au/Army/AHU/books_articles/ConferencePapers/The_Australian_Army_Vietnam_War_Ryan.htm "The Australian Army and the Vietnam War in Retrospect"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516112947/http://www.defence.gov.au/army/ahu/books_articles/ConferencePapers/The_Australian_Army_Vietnam_War_Ryan.htm |date=16 May 2008}}, Australian Department of Defence</ref> in the following 20 years, the relevance of Australia's war connection with the British Empire was brought into question.<ref name=Ausgeog/> In 1967, two members of the left-wing Progressive Youth Movement in [[Christchurch]] staged a minor protest at the Anzac Day ceremony, laying a wreath protesting against the Vietnam War. They were subsequently convicted of [[disorderly conduct]]. In 1978, a women's group laid a wreath dedicated to all the women raped and killed during war, and movements for feminism, gay rights, and peace used the occasion to draw attention to their respective causes at various times during the 1980s.<ref name="modernNZ">[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/modern-anzac-day Modern Anzac Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205003212/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/modern-anzac-day |date=5 February 2016}}, New Zealand History online – Nga korero aipurangi o Aotearoa, History Group, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved 16 June 2007.</ref> In 1981, the group Women Against Rape in War marched up Anzac Parade towards the Australian War Memorial to lay their wreath at the Stone of Remembrance. At the head of the procession, women held a banner which read, "In memory of all women of all countries raped in all wars." More than 60 women were arrested by police. Following this time, there were calls for a new type of comradeship that did not discriminate based on sex or race.<ref name=Ausgeog/><ref name=Cahill>[http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5085/ Shane Cahill, "Don't mention the anti-war feeling", ''The University of Melbourne Voice'' Vol. 3, No. 1, 14 April – 12 May 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728040415/http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5085/ |date=28 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=Murray>Ruby Murray, [http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=13175# The false nationalism of Anzac Day and football] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213225342/http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=13175 |date=13 February 2016}}, Eureka Street, 24 April 2009</ref>