✨ Royal Visit Cancellation
Government House,
Auckland, 14th April, 1868.
His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified for general information that, on the 11th inst., he received a letter from the Duke of Edinburgh, stating that His Royal Highness had been unanimously advised by his medical attendants, that the state of his health would not permit him to venture on the fatigues which his proposed visit to New Zealand would entail. His Royal Highness at first combated this opinion, and finally yielded with great reluctance to the strong representations of Commodore Lambert and of his medical advisers, who combined to urge the necessity of his immediate return to England.
His Royal Highness desires that it may be made known both to the Colonists and to the Maoris, that he feels deep regret and disappointment at having been thus forced to abandon, on the present occasion, his proposed visit to New Zealand. His Royal Highness had looked forward with great pleasure and interest to his reception both by the Europeans and the Natives; and had fully intended to carry out the programme submitted to him by the Governor, which included visits to the Native Districts, and to all the principal places in the North and in the Middle Island.
Whare o te Kawana,
Akarana, 14 Aperira, 1868.
Na te Kawana te kupu kia panuitia tenei mea kia mohio ai te iwi katoa no te 11 o nga ra o te marama nei kua tae mai ki a ia te reta o te Tuku o Erinapara (H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh) e whakatu mai ana i te kupu o ana Rata, kaore ratou e pai kia haeremai ia ki Nui Tireni, i take katahi ano hoki ia kua areke i te mate, ekore hoki ia e kaha ki te mahi i nga mahi ngahau i te whakakitenga o nga iwi kia tena pea. I te tuatahi ka tohe tonu a te Tuku o Erinapara (H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh) kia haeremai ia, a no runga i te tohe tonu o Komatoa Ranapata (Commodore Lambert) me nga Rata katahi ano ka whakaae kia ratou kupitohe kia hoki ia ki Ingarani.
Na ko te hiahia tenei o te Tuku o Erinapara (H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh) kia rongo te iwi katoa nga Pakeha me nga Maori, ka nui noa atu tona pouri me tona whakama i tona whakataunga kia kaua ia e haere mai ki Nui Tireni i nianei. No te mea kua nui tona hiahia, me tona koa i runga i tona whakaaro kia haeremai, no te mea kua mohio ia ki te tae mai ia ki konei tena ka nui te hari o tona ngakau i nga karanga pai me nga mahi ahuareka a nga Pakeha me nga Maori -- no te mea hoki kua maharatia kia haere tahi ia ki runga ki te whakaaro o te Kawana kia kite i nga takiwa Maori, me nga kainga nunui o te motu ki raro nei te motu i runga.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland, by W. C. Wilson, Wyndham-street, Auckland, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government.
Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 19
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🏛️ Cancellation of Duke of Edinburgh's Visit to New Zealand
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration14 April 1868
Royal Visit, Cancellation, Duke of Edinburgh, Health, Maori Translation
- Duke of Edinburgh (His Royal Highness), Cancelled visit due to health
- Lambert (Commodore), Advised cancellation of visit
🏛️ Maori Translation of Duke of Edinburgh's Visit Cancellation
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationRoyal Visit, Cancellation, Duke of Edinburgh, Maori Translation
- Tuku o Edinburgh (His Royal Highness), Cancelled visit due to health
- Lambert (Komatoa), Advised cancellation of visit