Dalai Lama to visit New Zealand

The Dalai Lama will visit New Zealand next year, it was announced today.

He had accepted an invitation from the New Zealand Tibetan Buddhist community, the Dalai Lama Visit Trust New Zealand said.

A public talk and Buddhist teachings are scheduled in Auckland on June 17 and 18, and address to an audience in Wellington on June 19.

The Dalai Lama is the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism. He has previously visited New Zealand, including meeting then Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton and then Foreign Minister Phil Goff at the Beehive in 2002.

- NZHERALD STAFF