Royal visits to New Zealand by members of the

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have been taking place since 1869. The first member of the Royal Family to visit New Zealand was

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. Subsequently, there have been over 50 visits. The first reigning monarch of New Zealand to visit the country was

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in 1953–54. In all, she has visited New Zealand on 10 occasions, most recently in 2002.

Before 1900

* 1869:

* 1870: Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh * 1871: Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh

1901–1950

* 1901:

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and Duchess of Cornwall and York * 1920: Edward, Prince of Wales Prince of Wales, Rotorua, Royal Tour 1920

* 1927:

and

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1927 Royal Tour (Duke & Duchess of York) (3308574822)

* 1934–1935:

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Henry Duke of Gloucester in Palmerston North

1951–2000

* 23 December 1953 – 31 January 1954:

and the

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* 1956: Duke of Edinburgh * 1958:

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* 6–18 February 1963: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh * 1966: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother * 1968: Duke of Edinburgh * 12–30 March 1970: Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh,

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, and

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* 18–29 April 1971: Princess Alexandra and

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* 10–14 October 1973: Duke of Edinburgh * 1974 ** 22 January – 6 February: Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, Charles, Prince of Wales, and Princess Anne ** 4–5 September: Charles, Prince of Wales * 22 February – 7 March 1977: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh * 1980:

and

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* 1981 ** 31 March – 12 April: Charles, Prince of Wales ** 12–20 October: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh New Zealand Cabinet, 1981

* 1982–1983: Prince Edward * 1983 ** 17–30 April: Prince and

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** Prince Edward * 1985:

and

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* 1986 ** 22 February – 2 March: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh ** Prince Edward * 1990: Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Edward Queen Elizabeth and Vicki Buck in Victoria Square Christchurch

Queen Elizabeth and Vicki Buck in Victoria Square Christchurch

* 5–10 February 1994: Charles, Prince of Wales * 1995 ** 1–10 November: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh **

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* 1997: Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward * 1998:

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* 1999: Anne, Princess Royal

2001–present

* 2002 ** Anne, Princess Royal ** 22–27 February: Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh * 2003: Anne, Princess Royal * 2004: Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex * 2005 ** 5–10 March: Charles, Prince of Wales ** Prince William ** Prince Andrew, Duke of Yorkl * 2006: Anne, Princess Royal * 2007: Prince Andrew, Duke of York * 2008: Anne, Princess Royal * 2009: Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex * 2010 ** Prince William ** Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester * 2011: Prince William * 10–16 November 2012: Charles, Prince of Wales and the

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* 2014:

and

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, Prince George Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Plunket group 2014

* 2015 ** 9–16 May:

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** 4–9 November: Charles, Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall * 2018:

and

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* 2019 ** Prince William, Duke of Cambridge ** 17–23 November: Charles, Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall

Attack on Royalty

In 1981 Queen Elizabeth II and other Royals were visiting New Zealand. When the queen was outside the

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, she was shot at by

Christopher John Lewis Christopher John Lewis (7 September 1964 – 23 September 1997) was a New Zealand criminal who made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981. He planned later attempts at assassinating other British royal family me ...

while he was hiding in a room upstairs. He missed and he was later arrested.

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Monarchy in New Zealand