Details of Prince Harry and Meghan's upcoming visit to New Zealand revealed

October 5, 2018

Details of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming visit to New Zealand have been released.

Their Royal Highnesses will arrive in New Zealand on Sunday the 28th of October, where they will be met by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and officially welcomed at Government House in Wellington.

On their first day in the country, they will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, and will visit the newly unveiled UK War Memorial at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.

On October 29, Prince Harry and Meghan will visit a Wellington café where they will meet young people from a number of mental health projects operating in New Zealand offering support to other young people through helplines, social media, websites and school-based programmes.

They will then travel to Abel Tasman National Park where they will learn about the history of the forest and the environmental challenges of protecting the park's habitat as well as take part in a tree planting.

The couple will travel to Auckland on October 30 where they will take part in a gumboot throwing competition and take in cultural performances and entertainment by members of the Pasifika community living in Auckland at a reception at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

On their last full day in New Zealand, October 31, their royal highnesses will name two young kiwi chicks at the Rainbow Springs and visit the Redwoods Treewalk in Rotorua before leaving the country on November 1.

The couple are also visiting Australia, Tonga and Fiji on their trip to the South Pacific. 

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