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.
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The New Zealand Army is the principal land warfare force of New Zealand, a component of the New Zealand Defence Force alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
New Zealand troops landing stores, Gallipoli in WWI
New Zealand soldiers in France during 1917
Maori troops performing a haka in North Africa during July 1941