Queen may visit N.Z.
PA Auckland The Queen has been invited to visit New Zealand in 1990, but official arrangements have yet to be finalised. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr Bassett, said yesterday it would be “extremely unusual” for the Queen not to be here for the Commonwealth Games. She usually attended the closing of the Games, at least. The Auckland Commonwealth Games will coincide with New Zealand’s 150th anniversary of European settlement. “We do know at an unofficial level that the Queen is coming, but all the official arrangements have yet to be announced,” said Dr
Bassett’s office. An announcement would be made by either the Governor-General, Sir Paul Reeves, or the Prime Minister, Mr Lange. Government House issued a statement yesterday afternoon saying an invitation had been sent to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to attend the Commonwealth Games in Auckland in 1990. No other programme deails had yet been discussed. Since her first visit as Queen in 1953-1954, soon after her coronation, the Queen has toured New Zealand regularly. She came in 1963, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1981 and 1986.
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