The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent the last day of their royal tour of New Zealand visiting the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua, near Wellington.
Prince William and his wife paid their respects to the 29 officers of New Zealand Police who have been killed during the course of their duties over the past 127 years.
Cheers could be heard as the royal convoy made its way into the college and in typical Kiwi style the heavens opened just as Kate and William stepped out to receive a traditional Maori greeting and watch music from the Police Kapa Haka group.
The Duke and Duchess – who wore a navy skirt suit by local designer Rebecca Taylor –seemed quite taken with the police puppies and Kate was gifted a toy police dog for Prince George.
The royal pair then travelled to Wellington Airport, where they boarded a flight to Sydney with baby Prince George.
The Duke and Duchess meet New Zealand’s newest recruits.
New Zealand’s weather certainly didn’t hold back during the royals visit of the Royal New Zealand Police College, which was originally opened by William’s father, The Prince of Wales in 1981.
The Duchess delighted fashion fans by sporting a navy skirt suit by local designer Rebecca Taylor.
Kate was given a toy police dog for Prince George who was absent from the rainy affair.
Kate and William laid a wreath in memory of the fallen under a wall of remembrance.
The Duke and Duchess were excited to be presented with the cute recruits.
The puppies, no doubt, had the royal pair missing their own dog, Lupo. The beloved pup has so far appeared in two royal portraits of the couple and their son, Prince George.
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