Services took place around the country on Friday, as other New Zealanders joined with Cantabrians to reflect on the Christchurch earthquake.
The national memorial service was in Christchurch from 12.30pm, with an Auckland memorial service in the evening.
Auckland held a memorial service for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake this evening.
The event was suppose to be held at the Cenotaph but rain forced it inside into the city's museum which was illuminated red for the occasion.
About 400 people, many clad in red and black, gathered for the service.
They included Auckland Mayor Len Brown and other members of local and national government, religious leaders and representatives from the emergency services.
The Consulate General of Japan was also in attendance and condolences were offered to him for his country's plight.
The Dean of Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral, Jo Kelly Moore, welcomed a contingent of refugees from Canterbury.
A high school Kapa Haka group from Christchurch, in town for Polyfest, also performed.
The group of about 20 embraced in tears afterwards, with many of them having lost family and friends in the quake and without a home to return to.
In Wellington, about 200 people gathered to watch the service from Christchurch live on large screens in the TSB Bank Arena at Queens Wharf, where two minutes silence was observed at 12.51pm.
Catholic masses were held in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington.
About 70 people attended a Mass at the Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph in central Auckland at lunch time, with many dressed in black and red to show their solidarity with those in Canterbury.
The service was screened live in Dunedin and Invercargill, as well as in Adelaide, Australia, where some Canterbury students have transferred to.