• Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after arriving at the Wellington International Airport Military Terminal. Getty Images
    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after arriving at the Wellington International Airport Military Terminal. Getty Images
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as they arrive at the Wellington International Airport Military Terminal. Getty Images
    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as they arrive at the Wellington International Airport Military Terminal. Getty Images
  • Meghan (L), Britain's Duchess of Sussex, receives a "hongi", or traditional Maori greeting, from an elder during an official welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington. AFP
    Meghan (L), Britain's Duchess of Sussex, receives a "hongi", or traditional Maori greeting, from an elder during an official welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington. AFP
  • Prince Harry receives a "hongi", a traditional Maori welcome, on the lawns of Government House in Wellington, New Zealand. AP Photo
    Prince Harry receives a "hongi", a traditional Maori welcome, on the lawns of Government House in Wellington, New Zealand. AP Photo
  • Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan visit Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. Reuters
    Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan visit Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. Reuters
  • Meghan, Duchess of Sussex performing the traditional greeting of the 'Hongi' on October 28, 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand. Getty Images
    Meghan, Duchess of Sussex performing the traditional greeting of the 'Hongi' on October 28, 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand. Getty Images
  • Maori warriors are seen during a welcome ceremony for Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at Government House in Wellington. Reuters
    Maori warriors are seen during a welcome ceremony for Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at Government House in Wellington. Reuters
  • Fans watch and hold up signs as Prince Harry and Meghan arrive at Government House on October 28, 2018 in Wellington. Getty Images
    Fans watch and hold up signs as Prince Harry and Meghan arrive at Government House on October 28, 2018 in Wellington. Getty Images
  • Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan speak to schoolchildren during an official welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington. AFP
    Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan speak to schoolchildren during an official welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington. AFP
  • Prince Harry and Meghan at the National War Memorial in Wellington. Getty Images
    Prince Harry and Meghan at the National War Memorial in Wellington. Getty Images
  • Britain's Prince Harry (second left) and his wife Meghan (third left), chat with Maori elders as a warrior makes a traditional challenge during an official welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington. AFP
    Britain's Prince Harry (second left) and his wife Meghan (third left), chat with Maori elders as a warrior makes a traditional challenge during an official welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington. AFP

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry received by Jacinda Ardern as they arrive in New Zealand


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Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan arrived in New Zealand on Sunday for the final leg of their Pacific tour.

The royal couple, who have already visited Australia, Fiji and Tonga, were received in the nation's capital Wellington by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

The globally-popular Ardern marked her first year as the country's leader earlier this week, having formed government through a coalition deal that followed an inconclusive election.

In June, Ardern became only the second world leader, after Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto in 1990, to give birth while in office.

Prince Harry and Meghan are expecting their first child next year.

The royal couple 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 Prince Harry.

Meghan wore a brown checkered coat and a simple black dress, while Harry was in a dark grey suit. Both had remembrance poppy pins on their chests.

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.

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