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The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment is the parent administrative regiment and corps of regular and reserve infantry battalions in the New Zealand Army.It was originally formed in 1947 with a singular Regular regiment and multiple reserve regiments.
The Battalion Headquarters is located at Trentham Camp in Upper Hutt, along with Wellington Company, with other locations at Linton Camp, Whanganui, New Plymouth, Napier and Gisborne. The Battalion is paired with the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
The regiment become a TF battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in 1964 during the reorganisation of the army. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the TF battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups .
The following is a list of the Corps of the New Zealand Army, ordered according to the traditional seniority of all the Corps. [1]New Zealand Corps of Officer Cadets; Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment contributed companies to the 1st Australian Task Force, deployed in Phước Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1972. While 1st Battalion, RNZIR remained at Terendak Camp in Malaysia, it sent a series of rifle companies to serve with the Australian Army ...
The 11/4 Artillery Battery can trace its lineage to 1/1 Battery and 4 Medium Battery of the New Zealand Artillery Regiment. Then, in 1964 they were amalgamated as a Battalion under the umbrella of a single Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and formed the current unit; the 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Battalion Group.
The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army. The corps was formed in 1942 as the New Zealand Armoured Corps , before being given the Royal prefix in 1947.
The Pipe Band of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals Association, known simply as the Pipe Band of the Signals Association is a traditional Scottish pipe Band of the RNZCS, based in Auckland. It is part of the Army Reserve (Territorial Force), and is composed of part-time musicians.