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The royal couple, who have already visited
Australia, Fiji and Tonga, were received at Wellington airport
by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
The official welcome ceremony took place on the lawns of
Government House - the residence of the Governor-General Dame
Patsy Reddy.
Harry and Meghan rubbed noses with Maori leaders in a
traditional "hongi" greeting and were welcomed by a "haka", a
centuries-old tribal war dance, to salute and honor them. A
21-gun salute was also sounded.
Meghan wore a brown chequered coat and a simple black dress,
while Harry was in a dark gray suit. Both had remembrance poppy
pins on their chests.
Later, Harry and Meghan visited Pukeahu National War Memorial
Park to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and
visited the UK Memorial.
A large crowed gathered to catch a glimpse Queen Elizabeth's
grandson and his wife and the couple spent time meeting and
shaking hands with cheering fans before leaving.
The pair flew from Australia on Sunday after closing the
Invictus Games in Sydney last night and were accompanied by
several Invictus Games athletes from New Zealand.
The Invictus Games are an international paralympic-style
competition for military personnel wounded in action that was
founded by Harry.
On Sunday evening, the couple will attend a reception
celebrating the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage. New
Zealand became the first country in the world where women could
vote in parliamentary elections in 1893.
(Reporting by Will Ziebell; Editing by Michael Perry)
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