BLENHEIM: Prince William and wife Kate honoured New Zealand's war dead at a sombre ceremony on Thursday then delighted the crowds when they went walkabout in the small South Island town of Blenheim.

The royal couple laid a wreath of red roses at the town's war memorial for the centenary of World War I and marked a minute's silence before moving along ranks of aged veterans lined up with medals pinned to their chests.

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