Later Royal Visits - The Royal Visit, 1953-54

• The Royal Visit, 1953-54
• The Popularity of the Tour
• The Queen and the Maori People
• A Pastoral Paradise
• A Loyal People
• A Great Place to Bring Up Children
• Itinerary
• Remembering the Royals
• Later Royal Visits
• Image and Media Gallery
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Later Visits by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

On 30 January 1954 the Gothic sailed from Bluff and after a brief side trip into Milford Sound, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip departed for Australia. They have returned nine times since then.

• 6-18 February, 1963: During this tour the Queen attended celebrations at Waitangi and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council was established as New Zealand's gift to the Queen.
• 12-30 March, 1970: The Queen participated in the James Cook bicentenary celebrations and introduced Prince Charles and Princess Anne to New Zealand. This tour marked the first 'walk-about' in a Royal visit.
• 30 January - 8 February, 1974: The Queen attended, and indeed closed the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch and participated in New Zealand Day events at Waitangi.
• 22 February - 7 March, 1977: This was a Commonwealth tour designed to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
• 12-20 October, 1981: A short visit which followed a Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in Melbourne.
• 22 February - 2 March, 1986: At a rally of school children at Ellerslie an egg was thrown at the Queen.
• 1-16 February, 1990: The Queen closed the Commonwealth Games in Auckland and took part in the events marking the sesquicentennial of the Treaty of Waitangi.
• 1-10 November, 1995: The Queen attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Auckland.
• 22-27 February 2002: The Queen visits New Zealand as part of the commemoration of her 50th Jubilee.