26 Nov 2020

This Week In History: the Pope visits New Zealand

From Lately, 10:48 pm on 26 November 2020

In November 1986 Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand - the first pope to make it all the way down under.

He touched down in Auckland on the 22nd of November, and also made his way to Wellington, and Christchurch.

Angela Grieve remembers the Mass held at Lancaster Park. 

Pope John Paul II at Athletic Park, Wellington (Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-9214-11)

Pope John Paul II at Athletic Park, Wellington (Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-9214-11) Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-9214-11