The royal guests chat informally with performers after a re-enactment of Captain James Cook's landing at Ship Cove. Queen Charlotte Sound ROYAL VISIT 1970 New Zealanders were delighted to welcome Her Majesty the Queen and her husband, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh on their third visit to this country, and were particularly pleased that they were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Anne. The visit was timed primarily to celebrate the bi-centenary of Captain James Cook's voyage of discovery, and special displays were set up in various parts of the country to mark the anniversary. The royal party visited Ship Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound and Mercury Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula, where Cook's landings were reenacted, and in one of the tour's few formal ceremonies, Her Majesty unveiled the Cook Memorial Medallion at Parliament Buildings. The tour was marked by informality, and many New Zealanders will remember with pleasure their brief conversations with members of the royal family. Her Majesty remarked several times that it gave her great The 300-strong Tairawhiti group performs a haka of welcome as the royal party arrives pictures by National Publicity Studios