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New Zealand's Prime Minister has paid his respects to those who bravely defended Britain and the Commonwealth during the Second World War.

During his visit to the UK, John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, visited the Bomber Command Memorial in London with UK Defence Minister Dr Andrew Murrison to lay a wreath in commemoration of the many New Zealanders who flew in Bomber Command squadrons during the Second World War.

The Bomber Command Memorial and statue was dedicated by Her Majesty The Queen on 28 June 2012 in memory of the 55,573 Bomber Command personnel and all those who lost their lives in the bombing campaign of the Second World War.

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