Prime
Minister John Key says the State Funeral for Sir Paul Reeves
will be held Thursday in Auckland.
"The Tangi, which
precedes the State Funeral, will be at the Auckland Anglican
Maori Mission's Tatai Hono Marae, Holy Sepulchre Church, in
Khyber Pass starting at 2pm this afternoon.
"The State
Funeral, which I will be attending along with a number of
Ministers and MPs from across the House, is scheduled for
11am Thursday 18 August, at the Anglican Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity in Parnell, Auckland."
For the journey from
Holy Sepulchre Church to Holy Trinity Cathedral the cortege
will travel through part of the Auckland Domain.
For the
final segment, from the edge of the Domain along the few
blocks to the Cathedral Forecourt entrance, the hearse will
be escorted by Defence personnel.
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