The Volunteer Force was a voluntary part time military organisation of the New Zealand Military Forces. The force provided the bulk of New Zealand's defence during the late nineteenth century and was
Officers of the Wellington Volunteer District, 1905
The Taranaki Rifles at Waireka, 1860
The Forest Rangers at Te Ngutu o te Manu, 1868
The Otago Hussars (pictured) were the only volunteer corps, of the 133 inspected in 1893, considered to be adequately trained.
Taranaki Regiment
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The Taranaki Regiment was a territorial infantry regiment of the New Zealand Military Forces. The regiment traced its origins to the Taranaki Volunteer Rifle Company, a volunteer corps formed in 1858
Two men of the Taranaki Volunteer Rifles, 1868
The Taranaki Volunteers at Parihaka, 1881
A Taranaki platoon of the Wellington Regiment, 1918
Officers of 1st Battalion, Taranaki Regiment, 1930