Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a memorial service for Prince Philip on April 21 will be a chance to acknowledge someone who sacrificed his adult life to serve the Queen and Commonwealth.
The state memorial service will be at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul at 3pm on April 21, and attended by the PM and Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy.
The flags on public buildings would be at half-mast on that day, as well as the day of the funeral in the UK on April 17.
Ardern acknowledged people might hold different views on the monarchy and its place in New Zealand's history, but Prince Philip should be acknowledged for the sacrifice he had made for the Queen and the Commonwealth.
"When we come into politics, we very knowingly do so for a particular period of time. We often do not know how long that will be, but for the most part we know it will not be the majority of our working life. But for Prince Philip it was, and he knew that. I think there is something very significant about that."
