Crowds cheer and wave flags as the Royal entourage passes down Queen Street. We then cut to the Royal couple's visit to Auckland hospital and the Queen talking to a wounded war veteran.
Hear the Queen's speech from Auckland. ' This is the first time that I have spoken to New Zealanders in their own homeland and my first words must be to tell you how happy I am to be amongst you....'
The third and final test would decide the series. Peter Burke, the All Blacks manager later described it as 'a magnificent game' and felt that the All Blacks had a 'job to do for New Zealand rugby and the rugby-loving people of New Zealand'. Once more, off-field events overshadowed the game itself.
The invasion began in Auckland on 12 June 1942 when five transport ships carrying soldiers of the US army (or 'doughboys' as they were called) sailed into the harbour. Two days later marines (or 'leathernecks') landed in Wellington.
Governor Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1883–9) arrives in Auckland. Newcomers were always advised to visit, in order, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin before visiting any other town.
Resembling a modern European or Asian metro station, Auckland’s gleaming Britomart Transport Centre has helped boost rail commuter patronage in this sprawling, car-dominated city.
The Dawn service at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 25 April 1986 (Anzac Day). The Dawn Service was introduced to New Zealand in 1939 by Australian veterans who had attended a similar service in Sydney the previous year.
