Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, center, stands with New Zealand Minister of Defense Jonathan Coleman, left, and Museum Director Roy Clare, right, during a wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Hall of Memories at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 21, 2012. Panetta previously met with his defense counterparts in Japan and China and met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping before traveling to New Zealand, the last stop on his weeklong trip to the Pacific.