The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will take part in a welly-wanging contest on the penultimate day of their overseas tour.

Harry and Meghan are on a 16-day trip which has seen them travel to Australia, Fiji and Tonga, and they are now in New Zealand.

Harry and Meghan in Wellington, New Zealand
Harry and Meghan in Wellington, New Zealand (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

The mother and father-to-be will head to Auckland on Tuesday where they will conduct a walkabout on Viaduct Harbour, learn about Pillars – a charity which supports children who have an imprisoned parent – and attend a reception hosted by prime minister Jacinda Ardern.

At Redvale, the couple will dedicate a 20-hectare area of the North Shore to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project and join children from the Trees in Survival group for welly-wanging.

The final stop on the royal tour on Wednesday will be Rotorua, renowned for its geothermal activity with geysers and mud pools.