THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL VISIT NEW ZEALAND

Bay of Islands

Wednesday 20th November

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will receive a formal Māori welcome at Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Their Royal Highnesses will arrive at Waitangi Treaty Grounds and be greeted by the Chair of Waitangi National Trust Board and Chief Executive of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Their Royal Highnesses will then pay their respects at the Hobson Memorial, before the Pōwhiri (formal welcome) begins, including a short speech by The Prince of Wales. After the ceremony His Royal Highness will plant a tree commemorating the visit.

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is one of the most significant sites in the history of New Zealand. The Treaty is regarded as New Zealand’s founding document, and enshrines the relationship between Māori and the Crown. The Prince of Wales was the last Royal visitor to the Grounds in 1994.

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attend a reception at Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Their Royal Highnesses will attend a reception with guests from the Māori community and pause for an official photograph. The Prince and The Duchess will then have the opportunity to view a tree which was planted by Her Majesty The Queen during her 1953 visit to New Zealand.

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit tour the Treaty Grounds and visit Waitangi Museum

Their Royal Highnesses will briefly tour the Treaty Grounds and view a demonstration of traditional Māori games, before touring the museum. His Royal Highness will view artefacts and Her Royal Highness will visit the Digital Learning Lab.

The museum was opened in February 2016 and is formally named Te Kōngahu, a Ngāpuhi (word for an unborn child). The name is said to represent the promise or potential of the new nation born here at Waitangi through the signing of the Treaty.

Among the museum displays are christening gifts that were given to Hare and Hariata Pomare by Queen Victoria. The couple were part of a group of Māori taken to England in 1863 and presented to The Queen. On noticing that Hariata was pregnant, Her Majesty advised that she wished to be the child’s godmother, and that it be named either Victoria or Albert. A boy was born in London, and named Albert Victor Pomare. The Queen gave the child the christening set, consisting of an engraved goblet and cutlery, and christening gown, that are kept in the museum.

The Digital Learning Lab is one of three in the country delivering the state-of-the-art digital programme Raranga Matihiko – Weaving Digital Futures. The programme delivers innovative digital technologies to local students who have limited access to new learning opportunities.

The programme is fully funded by the Ministry of Education including teacher release days, transport to and from Waitangi, and use of all the technology available. In the programme students solve real-world problems while enriching their knowledge of their communities and regions. Through accessing national and local museum collections, learners can co-create and curate their own learning using digital technologies. No two programmes are identical, each class having one designed for them, providing support to each child as they develop digital fluency skills. This includes building students’ understanding of computational thinking, digital citizenship and literacy.

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The Prince of Wales attends an event for The Prince’s Trust New Zealand

His Royal Highness will visit Queenstown Resort College Tai Tokerau, and meet with young people who are developing environmentally sustainable start-ups through the Prince’s Trust New Zealand Enterprise programme. The Prince will join a group discussion about the hopes and aspirations of these young New Zealanders before meeting with supporters and donors to The Prince’s Trust New Zealand.

The Prince’s Trust New Zealand (PTNZ) Enterprise programme helps young people aged 18 to 30, outside of the main centres, to start their own business by building their practical skills through training, mentoring and financial support. Enterprise begins with a course that allows young entrepreneurs to check the viability of their business idea. Once they have clarified their business plan, they are matched with a mentor who offers one-to-one support for up to two years to develop and grow their company. This engagement coincides with the second pilot delivery of Enterprise, empowering young people with business ideas in tourism, culture and sustainability.

Queenstown Resort College (QRC) is a leading New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Management College. QRC’s Tai Tokerau campus, established in 2015, has a particular focus on working with rangatahi (youth) Māori students, and has a partnership with Air New Zealand to provide scholarships for young people from around the country to engage with their courses. QRC have a connection with The Prince’s Trust in the UK through one of their tutors, and as a result, a connection was made with Prince’s Trust New Zealand to enable the second delivery of the Enterprise programme to take place at QRC.

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The Duchess of Cornwall visits Kerikeri Primary School

During the visit, Her Royal Highness will meet children in the school’s garden participating in the Garden to Table programme, which encourages children to grow their own vegetables in the garden and then learn to make recipes in the kitchen from the food they have grown. The Duchess will be invited to plant a tree in the school’s “Duchess Garden” to commemorate the visist. Her Royal Highness will then meet the school’s therapy dog, Meg, and join children reading to the dog. Finally, The Duchess will join children in the school hall who are preparing food from the garden with a parent volunteer.

Kerikeri Primary School is involved in Enviroschools, an environmental action-based programme where young people design and lead sustainability projects in their schools, neighbourhoods and country. Enviroschools commit to long-term sustainability, where students connect with and explore the environment, then plan, design and take action in collaboration with their communities. Earlier this year, the school attained the Enviroschool Bronze reflection for activities including having a garden, pig buckets, and a recycling programme. The school is also kaitiaki (guardians) of the neighbouring Wairoa stream. The children have planted more than 200 plants on the banks of the stream, and have monitored the water quality.

The school participates in Garden to Table, where children grow vegetables and fruit and then learn how to cook them. This includes the social aspect of preparing food for others and sharing meals together. The school also partners with St John and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in their Outreach Therapy Pets programme. A specially-trained dog, Meg, works with children, particularly those with additional needs, in the library.

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The Prince of Wales meets members of the Paihia Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Prince will visit the local fire station in Paihia and meet with the Chief Fire Officer, firefighters and first responders, all of whom are volunteers. Before departing, His Royal Highness will have the opportunity to meet members of the local community gathered outside the station.

The Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 combined urban and rural fire services into a single, integrated fire and emergency services organisation, Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ), with a mandate to provide a wide range of services for communities.

FENZ’ main functions are to promote fire safety; deliver fire prevention, response and suppression services; protect the safety of persons and property endangered by incidents involving hazardous substances; rescue people trapped as a result of transport accidents or other incidents; and undertake urban search and rescue.

FENZ relies on 11,000 volunteers to help keep communities safe. Volunteers make up 85% of the personnel and provide essential services across the country, particularly outside the major cities. They factor in the strengths, risks and needs of their communities into the way they work, and help create safe, resilient communities.

The Paihia Volunteer Fire Brigade is a team of 34 volunteer fire fighters. It was established in 1965.

CATCH UP on the full New Zealand visit at the links below or for more of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall’s most recent engagements, get a copy of the latest issue of Royal Life.

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THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL VISIT NEW ZEALAND

Auckland

Tuesday 19th November

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attend a Ceremony of Welcome and meet the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Chief of Defence Force

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will receive a traditional Māori welcome from members of the New Zealand Armed Forces on the lawn of Government House. Māori elders, the Kaumātua and Kuia, will explain each stage of the ceremony. His Royal Highness will then take the Royal Salute and inspect the Guard.

Their Royal Highnesses will then meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clark Gayford, and Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short and his wife Sherryll Short. Their Royal Highnesses will be invited to sign the visitors’ book and pause for an Official Photograph.

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The Prince of Wales meets with the Leader of the Opposition

The Prince of Wales will have a private meeting with Simon Bridges, Leader of the Opposition government.

In February 2018, Simon Bridges became the National Party Leader following the resignation of Bill English. As the Leader of the largest non-government party in the House, he also became Leader of the Opposition.

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The Duchess of Cornwall attends a Domestic Violence Roundtable at Shine

The Duchess of Cornwall will join a roundtable discussion on the topic of domestic violence, together with survivors and national campaigners. Her Royal Highness will also tour the Shine offices and meet some of their frontline support staff who help thousands of adult and child victims of domestic abuse.

Shine (Safer Homes in New Zealand Everyday) supports thousands of victims of domestic violence through a helpline, crisis advocacy and two women’s refuges in Auckland. The charity also provides professional training programmes and runs the DVFREE workplace programme, which supports companies in protecting employees who experience domestic violence. Their programme KIDshine supports children who have been exposed to domestic violence to be safe and heal. The No Excuses programme is designed to assist men who have previously used violence and abuse, to change.

The Duchess of Cornwall has highlighted the work of domestic abuse charities in the United Kingdom and overseas for a number of years. In the UK, Her Royal Highness has visited domestic violence charities SafeLives, Refuge and Women’s Aid and in July 2016 hosted a reception at Clarence House on the subject. Earlier this year, The Duchess visited IMMA, an association that provides counselling for victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and trauma, in Munich during Their Royal Highness’s tour of Germany.

In a speech delivered at the Women’s Forum during the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, The Duchess said: “Not long ago I was fortunate enough to spend time with some of the bravest women I have been privileged to meet. Their experiences not only touched their lives but also the lives of those around them, in the most tragic ways. I spoke to courageous women that had survived abuse, as well as to mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends of those who had been killed. Their silence was broken – but only after tragedy. I hope we can talk about what is happening behind closed doors across the world and I hope that these brave people have the courage to speak out – to be, in the words of one of those women, ‘victors not victims’.”

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The Prince of Wales meets with the Prime Minister of New Zealand

The Prince of Wales will have a private meeting with Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand.

His Royal Highness previously met the Prime Minister in April 2018 during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London when The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall received Jacinda Ardern and her partner at Clarence House.

Following the announcement of Their Royal Highness’s visit to New Zealand, the Prime Minister said: “I am delighted to welcome Their Royal Highnesses back to New Zealand. I know that the couple have greatly enjoyed New Zealanders’ warm hospitality and manaakitanga when they visited previously. The Prince of Wales has been a strong advocate for the environment, conservation and sustainability for many years. This visit will provide opportunities for him to engage with New Zealanders on those subjects, and to learn more about the ways in which New Zealand is preparing for the future.”

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The Prince of Wales visits Sea Cleaners

In Auckland Harbour, The Prince of Wales will meet with volunteers working to clear plastic from the coastal waters around New Zealand. His Royal Highness will then board a vessel and join the crew on a short ‘plastic patrol’ around the Harbour.

Sea Cleaners is a non-profit organisation working to rid New Zealand’s coastal waters of marine plastic. Since their establishment in 2002, 160,000 volunteer hours have gone into removing 8.5 million litres of waste from the sea, whilst spreading the word to school groups, community groups, businesses and Maori Iwi as how to dispose of rubbish in eco-friendly ways that do not harm the environment. Sea Cleaners is now working with the Royal New Zealand Navy to expand their work beyond New Zealand’s waters.

The Prince of Wales first spoke publically about his concerns regarding the impact of plastic pollution on the natural world in 1970. Since then, His Royal Highness has been an advocate for sustainability and waste reduction. In 2017, The Prince of Wales delivered the keynote speech at the Our Ocean Conference in Malta, declaring that the growing threat to the world’s marine ecology has reached a critical point where plastics are ‘now on the menu’.

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Emirates Team New Zealand

Their Royal Highnesses will visit the team headquarters of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron who will compete in the America’s Cup in early 2021. The team previously won the cup in 2017. Before departing, The Prince and The Duchess will have the opportunity to meet with members of the public.

The America’s Cup is the oldest trophy in international sport. It was first contested in 1851 and has been raced for 35 times in its 157 years. Emirates Team New Zealand are the current defending champions, having won against the USA in 2017, and will meet with their challengers in Auckland in early 2021.

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The Duchess of Cornwall attends a Women Of The World Think-In

The Duchess of Cornwall, President of the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World Festival (WOW), will join a series of discussions and roundtables hosted by the Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy at Government House. In attendance will be Jude Kelly, founder of WOW, and Cathy Hunt, producer of WOW Brisbane, due to take place in April next year.

Launched by Jude Kelly in 2010, Women of the World (WOW) festivals aim to celebrate women and girls by raising awareness of the issues that prevent them from achieving their potential and discussing solutions together. To date, WOW has reached over two million people in 17 countries on five continents across more than 65 festivals – and growing – including in Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somaliland, the UK and the USA. In 2018 WOW took place in Rio, Karachi, Beijing, Cardiff and Bradford, as well as London, New York, Dhaka, Pakistan, Atlanta, Istanbul and China in 2019 and 2020.

The Duchess of Cornwall became President of WOW in 2015 and has hosted an annual reception at Clarence House in London to celebrate the Festival. In recent years Her Royal Highness has supported the organisation’s expansion overseas, hosting a discussion in Abuja, Nigeria in 2018 during Their Royal Highness’s tour of West Africa.

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The Prince of Wales attends a tea for The Prince’s Trust New Zealand

On arrival, The Prince of Wales will be received by the Chair and Chief Executive of The Prince’s Trust New Zealand and be welcomed with a mihi whakatau (traditional informal welcome). The Prince will meet with supporters and beneficiaries of the Trust and hear from two youth representatives who will reflect on recently completing a Prince’s Trust Programme.

The Prince’s Trust helps young people to develop the confidence and skills they need to realise their ambitions, so that they can live, learn and earn. Founded by The Prince of Wales in 1976, the charity supports 11 to 30 year-olds who are unemployed, struggling at school and at risk of exclusion. The Trust has helped over 950,000 young people to date and supports over 100 more each day.

The Prince’s Trust New Zealand, set up in 2018, has a mission to activate young New Zealanders as designers, authors, dreamers, creators and workers for a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous future. They run two programmes, Achieve, which aims to support young learners and equip them with the skills and support for the transition into further learning and employment, and Enterprise, which helps young people aged 18 to 30 to start their own businesses.

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The Prince of Wales attends a Sustainable Urbanization discussion

The Prince of Wales will meet with representatives from Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities to discuss Sustainable Urbanization in the Auckland Area.

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities is a new Crown agency that brings together the people, capabilities and resources of KiwiBuild, Housing New Zealand, and its development subsidiary HLC. This will enable a more joined-up approach to delivering the Government’s housing and urban development priorities, addressing homelessness and making homes more affordable for New Zealanders.

The new agency will also have an urban development role and will partner with developers, councils, Māori, government agencies and others to enable, facilitate and deliver urban development projects of all sizes. These urban development projects will provide people with good quality, affordable homes that connect to the jobs, transport, open spaces and facilities needed for communities to thrive.

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attend a reception hosted by the Governor-General of New Zealand

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will meet a wide cross-section of New Zealand society at a reception hosted by the Governor-General at Government House.

The Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, will host the reception in honour of Their Royal Highnesses. The guest list is expected to reflect a slice of New Zealand life, including a selection of recent Honours recipients, as well as representatives of the arts, business, sport, and some of the Governor-General’s patronages.

CATCH UP on the full New Zealand visit at the links below or for more of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall’s most recent engagements, get a copy of the latest issue of Royal Life.

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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL ATTEND THE TUSK CONSERVATION AWARDS

London

Thursday 21st November 2019

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the Tusk Conservation Awards at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square before joining a reception at the National Portrait Gallery.

His Royal Highness became Royal Patron of Tusk in December 2005. The Duke has actively supported the charity’s work both privately and publicly on many occasions and last visited Tusk projects in Namibia and Tanzania in 2018.

For almost 30 years, Tusk has pioneered successful conservation action in Africa by protecting wildlife, empowering communities and advancing the frontline in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. The annual Tusk Conservation Awards celebrate the achievements of extraordinary people, whose work protecting Africa’s natural heritage might otherwise go unnoticed outside their fields.

The Duke of Cambridge will present three awards before delivering a short speech. The Tusk Award for Conservation is given to an emerging leader in conservation in recognition of their contribution to date. The Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award recognises the dedication and bravery of rangers working to protect Africa’s increasingly threatened wildlife. The Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa is a lifetime achievement award which commends outstanding dedication and contribution to conservation.

Their Royal Highnesses will then attend a reception at the National Portrait Gallery to meet the award nominees, Tusk supporters and sponsors.

The Tusk Conservation Awards will be streamed live on Tusk’s Facebook page.

Catch up on The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s most recent engagements in the latest issue of Royal Life.

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL ATTEND SHOUT’S CRISIS VOLUNTEER CELEBRATION EVENT

West London

Tuesday 12th November 2019

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE WILL MARK CENTREPOINT’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY

London

Wednesday 13th November 2019

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WILL ATTEND THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

Palladium Theatre, London W1

Monday 18th November 2019

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL WILL VISIT SWISS COTTAGE FARMERS’ MARKET

6TH NOVEMBER 2019

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market to celebrate the 20th anniversary of London Farmers’ Market.

On arrival at the Farmers’ Market, Their Royal Highnesses will watch a performance by a band from Camden-based Young Music Makers, before visiting stalls and meeting stallholders, including several who have sold at the market since its first year in 1999. During the visit, a ‘flash mob’ performance of Oliver! by the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama will take place around Their Royal Highnesses. Before departing, Their Royal Highnesses will present a tree to mark the occasion.

Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market opened in 1999, becoming the third location of London Farmers’ Markets. Swiss Cottage is the organization’s only mid-week produce market with a wide variety of local produce from farmers’ and artisan food producers, including greens and leaves from Wild Country Organics, heritage apples from Perry Court Farm, and cuts of free-range pork and rare breed meat from March House Farm.

To mark the 20th anniversary, over 30 farmers and producers have been invited from across the 22 weekly markets run by London Farmers’ Markets, made up of around 250 farmers and local producers, to attend Swiss Cottage Farmers Market for this visit.

The Prince of Wales visited the Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market in 2000. The market has since moved locations and is now situated next to the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, of which HRH Princess Alexandra is Patron.

Young Music Makers

Established in 1967, Young Music Makers is a Saturday music centre for all ages. The flagship YMM Big Band, led by Simon Da Silva, has been performing challenging classic Big Band repertoire for more than 25 years.

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was established in 1906 and joined the University of London in 2005. The School offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, an extensive range of specialist expertise and the broadest portfolio of drama, theatre and performance-related degree programmes available anywhere in Europe.

MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WILL ATTEND THE 91ST FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Thursday 7th November 2019

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend the 91st Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th November. This will be seventh time that His Royal Highness has attended the event and the first time for the Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of Cornwall, who is Patron of the Poppy Factory.

ROYAL ATTENDANCE AT ENGAGEMENTS TO MARK REMEMBRANCE DAY

The Queen and members of the Royal Family will attend a number of engagements to mark Remembrance Day in 2019.

Wednesday 6th November