New Zealand observes its day of mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II

Sydney (Australia), 26 Sep. New Zealanders observed a minute’s silence on Monday in honor of the Maritime nation’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, as part of a national day of mourning declared for the monarch’s death on September 8.

St Paul’s Cathedral in Wellington hosted a state memorial service attended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Governor-General Cindy Garrow, who represents the British Crown in New Zealand.

When Elizabeth II visited New Zealand in the Australian summer of 1953-54, Ardern read a sentimental passage during the mass about the first visit, when a crowd bid her farewell “so far”. The answer is out of white glove sight.

For his part, Keiro commemorated Elizabeth II’s coronation as British monarch and Queen of New Zealand on February 6, 1952, the same day the maritime nation commemorates and considers the Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Maori. Founding document of New Zealand.

“This will be the beginning of a special and lasting bond between Aotearoa (New Zealand’s Maori name) and our Queen,” Kiro said during the ceremony.

Hundreds of people followed the solemn ceremony in English and Maori on a big screen outside Wellington’s parliament.

The national non-working day of mourning, declared after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 on September 8, also includes various events in various cities across the country.

Most of New Zealand’s five million people seem comfortable with the parliamentary constitutional monarchy that governs the maritime nation, although sentiments in favor of republicanism are growing.

A poll by consultancy Coleman Brunton on the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth II’s coronation found in February that more than 36% of people supported the death or abdication of the republic. the king , 48% want to maintain their relationship with the British monarchy.

Currently, British monarchs are the sovereigns of the United Kingdom and other countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. EFE

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