Picture Gallery: Queen tours New Zealand

Crowds have given the Queen a warm welcome during her tour of New Zealand, as this selection of pictures testifies.

Cheerful crowds greeted the Queen after a consecration service at Wellington Cathedral

One of her first duties was a troop inspection at Wellington airport

Floral tributes were accepted outside the Wellington Cathedral service

The Queen seemed momentarily lost in prayer

Emerging from Wellington Cathedral with the Queen is Reverend Michael Brown, the city's dean

The Queen also attended a church service at St Andrew's Anglican church in Taupo

Maori transsexual MP Georgina Bayer was among a party that greeted the Queen in Wellington