Today is New Zealand's official Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day public holiday, with a wide range of events planned and closures around the motu to honour Her Majesty. Here's what you need to know.
Today is New Zealand's official Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day public holiday, with a wide range of events planned and closures around the motu to honour
we are here to play tribute to the resilience and courage of queenslanders who bravely picked up their lives and rebuilt them after a period of great adversity. canon fire australia will remember the queen not only as the much respected and admired monarch and head of state, but also as a true friend of the country and its people. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. new zealand is among the minority of commonwealth nations which still have the british monarch as head of state. the prime minister has also said many people would appreciate the opportunity to mark her death and celebrate her life, which they will be doing over the coming days. let speak now to the chair of monarchy new zealand who joins us now from auckland. thank you forjoining as sean. the title, monarchy new zealand tells us a
sure that canadians and australians take a similar sense of ownership of the monarchy and their countries. she is really wary different hats in each of these countries. in terms of whether there will be changes going forward, i think it s a very destabilising time. people have lived their entire lives under elizabeth s reign, and it s not surprising of people find it discombobulated ring and look to the future and wonder, will there be a big change? should we change? what will the future hold? i don t think there is going to be a lot of change. i think most people will find that charles goes into the role beautifully and it will demonstrate the system of constitutional monarchy is incredibly effective.- incredibly effective. sean, thank you incredibly effective. sean, thank you very incredibly effective. sean, thank you very much, - incredibly effective. sean, | thank you very much, chair incredibly effective. sean, . thank you very much, chair of monarchy new zealand, joining us f
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