For 30 days of a glorious 1954 summer, New Zealand has been honoured with the presence of the Sovereign and her consort.

From north, south, east and west, countless thousands have thronged to see and acclaim the Royal visitors.

Wherever the Queen has gone, there too have the cameras followed. The great and historic moments, the small and endearing incidents, have alike been recorded.

Staff photographers of the Weekly News first met the Royal travellers in Fiji, accompanied them to Tonga and through the length and breadth of New Zealand, and bid them farewell at Bluff.

We have scanned the related photos to Invercargill and Southland. Many will remember the photo of the royal couple of the balcony of the Grand Hotel.

Her Majesty attended the Invercargill Royal Show on the day before she left New Zealand.

Waving goodbye from Bluff wharf are His Excellency & members of his party. Behind them stretch thousands of people who came to give the Royal couple a hearty send-off. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
The last farewells at Bluff: Her Majesty saying goodbye to Lady Norrie. Also in the picture are the Governor-General, Sir Willoughby Norrie. Norrie. Miss Rosemary Norrie, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Holland. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
The Royal couple appear on their hotel balcony at the Grand Hotel in Invercargill. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
Royal congratulations: Her Majesty shaking hands with Mr. L. J. McLauchlan. of Blenheim, winner of the Royal Champion Jump on King Pin at the Royal Show at Invercargill. Her Majesty attended the Royal Show on the day before she left New Zealand. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
A little four-year old girl, Maureen Lines, of the Inglenook Home for Children, presents a bouquet to the Queen at Gore. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
The daring of innocence: The delightful incident at the Karitane Hospital, Dunedin, when baby Lynette reached out and plucked a flower from the Queen’s bouquet. In the merry tug-o’-war that ensued, the laughing Queen recovered her flowers–all but a tiny handful of pink carnation petals. At left and right respectively are the matron, Miss D. Batt. and Sister D. Drayton. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
The Gothic in Milford Sound, the magnificent Southland fiord which the Royal yacht visited on the voyage from Bluff to Sydney. Photo/scan: oldinvercargill.nz
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