Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, paid a royal visit to New Zealand from April 16 to May 4, 1966.
Bob Wright sets the scene at Bluff awaiting the arrival of the Royal Ship Britannia. John Craig describes the ship coming up the channel to her anchorage and the crowds assembled to watch. The pennants, all 3,000 of them, have suddenly gone up on the ship and it is fully polished.
Sir Bernard Ferguson, the Governor General, and his wife leave on the royal barge to go on board the Britannia to welcome the Queen Mother. A full description of the yacht is given.
The guard of honour, led on by the Royal New Zealand Army Band, has marched on to be near the dais. Keith Hamilton describes the arrival of the barge to New Zealand soil.
Ann Davidson gives a full description of the Queen Mother's outfit and that of her Lady in Waiting.
The royal salute is performed along with a twenty-one gun salute and a flyover of ten aircraft from the Royal New Zealand Airforce. The Queen Mother inspects the guard of honour with Guard Commander Major A. T. A. Mataira.
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake gives his welcome speech to which the Queen Mother replies. Three hearty cheers from the assembled crowd.
The Queen Mother speaks with some children before leaving Bluff by car for Invercargill. They arrive at Queen's Park in Invercargill for the official welcome. Thirteen year old Karen Rhind presents the Queen with a bouquet of flowers. The Mayor of Invercargill, M. N. L. Watson gives a welcome speech and the Queen Mother replies. She then unveils the statuary at Queen's Park. They then walk through the park before leaving by car to drive past the new hospital in Invercargill.
Then follows a report on the arrival of the Britannia at Dunedin and the Queen leaving the ship to attend First Church service with the Mayor and Mayoress of Dunedin, Mr. R. J. Calvert.