Aucklanders encouraged to attend Royal public walk
Aucklanders encouraged to attend Royal public walk
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall will be visiting Auckland next week as part of the
celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
As part of their visit, Aucklanders are being encouraged to take the opportunity to see and meet Prince and Duchess during a public walk in Lower Queen Street on Monday 12 November.
The Prince and Duchess will join Mayor Len Brown and Mayoress Shan Inglis for the walk from the intersection of Queen Street and Customs Street to Queens Wharf at 1.20pm.
However, people are advised to arrive well ahead of time if they want a good view of the Prince and Duchess.
“Many Aucklanders were glued to their televisions, watching the Diamond Jubilee celebrations as they were beamed in live from London,” says Len Brown.
“This visit and particularly the public walk in Lower Queen Street is the opportunity for Aucklanders to be part of the Diamond Jubilee, and recognise the Queen’s 60 years of service.”
Other highlights of the Auckland part of the New Zealand visit:
Saturday 10 November:
• Approx
9.30pm - The Prince and Duchess arrive at the Royal New
Zealand Air Force Base, Auckland
Sunday 11
November
• 10.10am - The Prince and Duchess arrive
at the Auckland War Memorial Museum for a mihi
whakatau
• 11.00am - The Prince and Duchess attend an
Armistice Day Commemoration and meet veterans, at Auckland
War Memorial Museum
Monday 12
November
• 10.20am - The Prince and Duchess visit
AUT Millennium, North Shore, Auckland
• 11.15am - The
Prince and Duchess attend performance of Hairy Maclary with
hundreds of schoolchildren from Auckland, Bruce Mason
Theatre, Takapuna, Auckland
• 12.15pm - The Prince
arrives at the Devonport Naval Base to view Sealegs
amphibious vessels and HamiltonJet technology before
boarding a Coastguard New Zealand vessel to cross Auckland
harbour, visiting the Coastguard New Zealand Headquarters at
Mechanics Bay, Auckland.
• 12.25pm - The Duchess joins
a briefing for Osteoporosis researchers and members of
Osteoporosis New Zealand at The Langham Hotel,
Auckland.
• 1.20pm - The Prince and Duchess arrive at
Lower Queen Street and walk down to Queen’s Wharf,
Auckland
• 1.30pm - The Prince arrives at The Cloud to
visit the New Zealand Shear Brilliance event,
Auckland
• 1.50pm - The Duchess visits East Tamaki
Primary School, Auckland
• 2.40pm - The Prince arrives
at the University of Auckland’s Owen Glenn Building, and
is shown examples of the University’s research and
innovation, Auckland
• 7.00pm - The Prince and Duchess
attend the Diamond Jubilee Trust Reception and Dinner at the
SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland
ends