The New Zealand governor-general has laid out the government's policy agenda in a constitutional set play rich in pageantry to begin the new parliamentary term.
Dame Cindy Kiro, King Charles III's representative in New Zealand, held court at the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday in Wellington.
The country's top brass - including heads of the judiciary, police, defence forces and public sector - took part in the procession across the parliamentary grounds into the legislative chamber.
