Kiwis tune in for royal wedding broadcasts

About half the country tuned in to watch Prince William and Kate Middleton marry last night.

Data from Neilson TAM showed that 2,192,000 viewers watched the wedding at some stage between 7.30pm and 12.30am on TVNZ and/or TV3.

The ceremony itself drew the highest audience of the night with 1,376,610 viewers watching the pair exchange vows live from Westminster Abbey between 10.15-10.30pm.

The ceremony was watched by many more women than men with women making up 64 per cent of the audience.

As was probably expected, the event drew far more female than male viewers - 51 per cent of men and 67 per cent of women watching TV last night were tuned to the royal wedding on free-to-air TV.

- NZPA