✨ Royal Visit Itinerary
1 FEBRUARY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
6.00 p.m. Meet members of the Guards Association/The Royal Marines Association/The Association of Wrens.
6.30 p.m. Media Reception.
7.30 p.m. Private Dinner.
AT AUCKLAND
Monday, 5th February
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
11.45 a.m. Leave Government House.
12 noon Open and view new premises for the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
12.30 p.m. Drive to Auckland Racing Club.
1.10 p.m. Open new Ellerslie Grandstand. Lunch and view races.
3.20 p.m. Leave Auckland Racing Club.
3.30 p.m. Arrive Television New Zealand Network Centre.
3.35 p.m. Open the Television New Zealand Network Centre.
4.15 p.m. Return to Government House.
5.45 p.m. Garden Party at Government House.
8.00 p.m. Dinner Party at Government House.
AUCKLAND - BAY OF ISLANDS - AUCKLAND
Tuesday, 6th February
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
9.30 a.m. Leave Government House for Auckland International Airport.
9.50 a.m. Arrive Auckland International Airport.
10.30 a.m. Arrive Bay of Islands Airport and drive to Opua.
11.15 a.m. Arrive Opua. Depart by Commodore’s Barge.
11.40 a.m. Arrive Waitangi Jetty. Proceed to the Treaty Ground.
Attend Events to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
1.00 p.m. Meet Representatives of Descendants of People involved in Treaty signings in the Whare Rununga.
1.25 p.m. Buffet Lunch.
2.40 p.m. Depart by Commodore’s Barge for Opua.
3.05 p.m. Arrive Opua. Drive to Kerikeri.
3.50 p.m. Arrive Auckland.
4.50 p.m. Arrive Government House.
AUCKLAND - WAIROA - WELLINGTON
Wednesday, 7th February
10.30 a.m. Leave Government House.
10.50 a.m. Arrive Auckland International Airport and leave for Wairoa.
12.05 p.m. Arrive Wairoa Airfield.
12.15 p.m. Attend welcome by local school children at Wairoa College and meet with Treaty Partners and Pioneer Descendants.
12.55 p.m. Leave Wairoa College.
1.00 p.m. Open Wairoa Bridge.
1.15 p.m. Leave by car.
1.25 p.m. Arrive Wairoa Airfield and leave for Wellington.
2.30 p.m. Arrive Wellington International Airport.
2.50 p.m. Arrive Government House. Welcome by the Mayor of Wellington and Ceremony of The Keys at Government House.
THE QUEEN
Free from Official Engagements.
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
7.30 p.m. Dinner with The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Fellowship Fellows and Members at the Wellington Club.
AT WELLINGTON
Thursday, 8th February
THE QUEEN
Morning Audiences at Government House.
2.55 p.m. Private lunch.
3.20 p.m. Leave Government House.
3.00 p.m. Lay Foundation Stone of Mary Potter Hospice.
4.00 p.m. Leave by car and return through Wellington Hospital grounds.
4.10 p.m. Arrive Government House.
5.00 p.m. Reception for members of the Maori Women’s Welfare League—Hui Mana Wahine.
WELLINGTON - INVERCARGILL - STEWART ISLAND - MILFORD SOUND - FRANZ JOSEF
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
9.00 a.m. Leave Government House.
9.20 a.m. Arrive Wellington International Airport and leave for Invercargill.
10.45 a.m. Arrive Invercargill Airport.
Leave by helicopter for Stewart Island.
11.00 a.m. Visit Stewart Island (Kakapo Preservation Programme).
11.45 a.m. Overfly Fjords.
1.00 p.m. Lunch at Milford Sound.
2.30 p.m. Resume journey by helicopter.
4.00 p.m. Arrive Waitangitoana River and visit White Heron colony.
Leave by helicopter.
Later Arrive Franz Josef Hotel.
AT WELLINGTON
Friday, 9th February
THE QUEEN
10.20 a.m. Meeting of the Privy Council followed by morning tea with members.
12 noon Meeting of the Executive Council.
1.00 p.m. Luncheon with members of the Executive Council.
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
FRANZ JOSEF - BRUCE BAY - WANAKA
9.30 a.m. Leave by coach to view World Heritage Park and wildlife sites. Welcome by Tangata Whenua.
12.15 p.m. Lunch with local community at Bruce Bay.
Drive over the Haast Pass to Wanaka.
Later Arrive Wanaka.
7.30 p.m. Attend Dinner hosted by Department of Conservation.
WELLINGTON - QUEENSTOWN - TAUPO
Saturday, 10th February
THE QUEEN
9.30 a.m. Leave Government House.
9.50 a.m. Arrive Wellington International Airport and leave for Queenstown.
11.05 a.m. Arrive Frankton Airport.
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
9.15 a.m. Leave Edgewater Resort Hotel, Wanaka, by car.
10.55 a.m. Arrive Frankton Airport, Queenstown.
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