Press Release
Monarchist League of New Zealand
14th February 2004
It was announced on the 3rd February that HRH Prince Edward Earl of Wessex will be visiting New Zealand from the 15th to the 22nd of March. He will attend functions in Auckland, Wanganui, Dunedin, and Nelson. The major purpose of the visit is to present Duke of Edinburgh Awards, which His Royal Highness will present in Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin.
Prince Edward will also attend the sesquicentenary celebrations of Wanganui Collegiate School, at which he taught in 1982-83. There will be receptions at Government House in Auckland, and in Wellington.
In Wellington the Earl of Wessex will attend the Rotary Club’s Regional Prefects' lunch, and visit Te Papa Tongarewa. He will also visit Porirua's Pataka Museum and Downstage Theatre as part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival.
In Nelson His Royal Highness will visit the seal colony at Tonga Island, a local ceramics studio, and the Abel Tasman National Park. There will be a Reception for young people, hosted by Mayor Sukhi Turner, and a visit to Animation Research Ltd and Natural History NZ Ltd studios in Dunedin.
After leaving New Zealand the Earl of Wessex will travel on to Japan, which he will visit as a Trustee of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Foundation, 22nd March until 26th March.
Dr Noel Cox
Chairman
Monarchist League of New Zealand Inc