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The visiting Prince Charles met with two bare-breasted women protesters as he greeted 500 fans in central Wellington on Tuesday.

A small group of protesters carrying placards reading "honor the treaty" and "death to the monarchy" also temporarily disruptedhis royal visit. Another waved a red flag with a picture of Argentinian-born Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara on it.

As Charles conducted a walkabout chatting with some of the 500 or so fans who had assembled to see him, clapping and cheering hisarrival, the protesters called the prince a parasite and recited ahistory of what they believed were the wrongs done by the royal family.

Hannah Plant, 23, had "Get your colony shame off my breasts" written on her body but was quickly removed by police.

Earlier, another bare-chested woman carrying a small child was hauled away by plain-clothed police moments before the Prince would be confronted by her as he greeted a line of well-wishers.

The woman, bare from the waist up, was dragged away shouting, "I just want to feed my baby."

Police later confirmed that two women had been arrested for disorderly behavior in unrelated incidents. They were to bailed Tuesday afternoon to appear in Wellington District Court on Friday.

Britain's Prince Charles arrived Saturday in Dunedin on the South Island for a six-day tour of New Zealand after his five-day visit to Australia. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark had announced earlier that Prince Charles would focus on conservation,environment, agriculture, and education during his time in New Zealand.

During Charles' last visit to New Zealand in 1994, an anti-royalist attempted to attack him with a can of air freshener on Auckland's waterfront.

Police issued a statement on Friday saying they were taking "all appropriate security steps to ensure the safety" of Charles during his visit.

Superintendent Rob Pope, who is in charge of security for the visit, said police planners had taken into account "a range of factors including the prince's pending marriage, the global security situation and previous incidents during royal tours to New Zealand."


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