New Zealand police to re-examine plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II during 1981 visit

New Zealand police are to re-examine a teenager's plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II during her 1981 visit to the country after secret documents confirmed the assassination attempt.

A senior officer will lead the examination of the case file after declassified papers shed new light on the failed efforts of Christopher John Lewis to shoot the Queen as her limousine passed through Dunedin on October 14 1981.