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This article is missing information about specific dates and months of visits, in addition to the years.(November 2021) |
Royal visits to New Zealand by members of the Royal Family have been taking place since 1869. The first member of the Royal Family to visit New Zealand was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Subsequently, there have been over 50 visits. The first reigning monarch of New Zealand to visit the country was Elizabeth II in 1953–54. In all, she visited New Zealand on 10 occasions, the last being in 2002.
When Queen Elizabeth II was outside the Otago Museum in Dunedin during her 1981 visit, she was shot at by Christopher John Lewis while he was hiding in a room upstairs. He missed and he was later arrested. [35]