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It’s the final lap in the royal journey, and at every vantage point they wait to see her. Even the cot-cases are brought from the hospitals. No better medicine.– Narrator
The Queen’s departure for South Island leaves every city from Auckland to Wellington with a feeling of loss.– Narrator
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