Prince Charles (L) and wife Camilla will tour Christchurch on the final day of their tour of NZ. Source: AAP
PRINCE Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have waved goodbye to New Zealand and are winging their way back home to Britain.
The royals departed Christchurch Airport late on Friday night, having spent six days in the country on the last leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour representing the Queen.
The final day of the tour was spent in quake-ravaged Christchurch, where the couple checked out work being done to rebuild the city.
There were blue skies overhead as the couple arrived at the 150th Canterbury A&P show for their final public engagement on Friday afternoon.
After presenting the award for supreme animal in show, the prince and duchess wandered around some of the stalls, picking up a bottle of Lone Goat wine along the way.
Camilla also sampled some cheese at the Neudorf Dairy stall, which she said was "delicious".
Earlier, the duchess was taken for a twirl on a makeshift dance floor in the Christchurch central business district by the founder of the student volunteer army, Sam Johnson.
Mr Johnson asked Camilla for a dance at the dance-o-mat, a temporary space created in response to the loss of many dance studios and performance spaces around the city as a result of the quakes.
Not to be overshadowed, Prince Charles swayed on to the mat, followed by Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and his wife, Jo Nicholls Parker.
The youthful army was formed in response to the need for volunteer help in the wake of the February 2011 quake which killed 185 people and destroyed the centre of Christchurch.
The demolition work didn't stop for the visit, with concrete tumbling from one of the nearby buildings carefully being pulled down in the CBD red zone and dust lingered in the air as the royals wandered through Cashel Mall.
Thousands of Cantabrians lined the mall hoping to catch a glimpse of the prince and duchess.
On her visit to the shipping container mall, Camilla picked up some items from one store, Hapa, including a merino scarf, a jumper, and five kiwi toys which she said were for her grandchildren.
Her press secretary tried to pay for the items, but the shop owner refused the money.
The royals had arrived in the city about midday and were welcomed at Christchurch City Council by the mayor, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) chief executive Roger Sutton.
The couple then met privately with 20 people seriously injured in the 2011 quake and their caregivers.
The tour has also included visits to Auckland, Wellington and Feilding.
It was Camilla's first trip to New Zealand, while Prince Charles was last there in 2005.
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