Structure of the New Zealand Army

This article describes the current structure of the New Zealand Army. It includes the army's order of battle and the headquarters locations of major units.

From the 1880s, the structure of the army has evolved with changing defence needs and financial constraints. New Zealand deployed a division jointly with Australia at the beginning of the First World War, eventually despatching personnel to fill out a full division. Five divisions (three attenuated at home in NZ) were raised during the Second World War. A division was initially raised through Compulsory Military Training from 1949.

Order of battle February 2013
According to an organisation chart and map published in the New Zealand Army's newspaper Army News and subsequent reportage, the Army's order of battle is as follows:

Headquarters Deployable Joint Task Force-Land (HQ DJTF-L) was formed by redesignating the headquarters of the 3rd Land Force Group. It is expected that this headquarters will move to Linton Military Camp in the Manawatu after December 2012. The 1st Brigade was formed on 13 December 2011 by amalgamating the units of the 2nd Land Force Group and 3rd Land Force Group. It is effectively a 'shopping basket' of units which can be raised in readiness preparatory to an operational deployment, and does not appear to have any operational deployment role.


 * Army General Staff (Wellington)
 * Land Component Commander, HQ Joint Forces New Zealand (Seddul Bahr Road, Trentham)
 * 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment (Papakura Military Camp)
 * A Squadron
 * B SAS Squadron
 * NZ Commando Squadron (D Squadron) - designated the Counter Terrorist Tactical Assault Group until 2009.
 * NZ Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron (E Squadron)
 * Support Squadron
 * Headquarters, Deployable Joint Task Force (Land) (Burnham Camp)
 * New Zealand Collective Training Centre (Linton Military Camp)
 * 1st (New Zealand) Brigade
 * Headquarters, 1st Brigade (Linton Military Camp)
 * 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Linton Military Camp)
 * Alpha Company
 * Victor Company
 * Support Company
 * Combat Service Support Company
 * 2/1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Burnham Military Camp)
 * Alpha Company
 * Bravo Company
 * Delta Company
 * Support Company
 * Combat Service Support Company
 * Depot Company
 * Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles (Linton Military Camp)
 * Wellington East Coast Squadron
 * NZ Scots Squadron
 * Waikato Mounted Riﬂes Squadron
 * Support Squadron
 * 16th Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Linton Military Camp)
 * 161 Battery
 * 163 Battery
 * 11/4 Battery
 * 2nd Engineer Regiment (Linton Military Camp)
 * 1st Field Squadron
 * 2nd Field Squadron
 * 3rd Field Squadron
 * 25 Engineer Support Squadron
 * Emergency Response Squadron
 * 1st New Zealand Signal Regiment (Linton Military Camp)
 * 1st (New Zealand) Intelligence Company
 * 2nd Signal Squadron
 * 3rd Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
 * 4th Signal Squadron
 * 25 Cypher Section
 * 2nd Combat Service Support Battalion (Linton Military Camp)
 * 10th Transport Company
 * 21st Supply Company
 * 2nd Workshop Company
 * 5th Movements Company
 * Combat Service Support Company (North)
 * 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion (Burnham Military Camp)
 * 3rd Transport Company
 * 3rd Catering & Supply Company
 * 3rd Workshop Company
 * 2nd Health Services Battalion (New Zealand) (Linton Military Camp)
 * 1st Health Support Company
 * 2nd Health Support Company
 * 3rd Health Support Company
 * 4th Health Support Company
 * General Support Health Company
 * Logistics Company
 * 1st (New Zealand) Military Police Company (Trentham Military Camp)
 * Linton Regional Support Centre (Linton Military Camp)
 * Training and Doctrine Command
 * Headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command (Waiouru Military Camp)
 * Land Operations Training Centre (Linton Military Camp)
 * Tactical School
 * School of Artillery
 * School of Military Engineering
 * School of Signals
 * Mission Command Training School
 * Combat School
 * School of Military Intelligence & Security
 * Logistics Operations School
 * Trade Training School
 * The Army Depot (Waiouru Military Camp)
 * Waiouru Military Training Facility (Waiouru Military Camp)
 * Army Command School (Waiouru Military Camp)
 * Officer Cadet School (New Zealand)
 * Non Commissioned Officer & Warrant Officer Development Wing
 * Army Leadership Centre
 * 2/4th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
 * Canterbury Nelson Marlborough and West Coast Company
 * Otago Southland Company
 * Standby Company
 * 3/6th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
 * Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland Company
 * Hauraki Company
 * Standby Company
 * 5/7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
 * Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki Company
 * Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay Company
 * Standby Company

In addition, Logistics Command (Land), which is headquartered at Trentham Military Camp, reports to the Defence Logistics Command. Logistics Command (Land)'s sub units are the Wellington Regional Support Centre (located at Trentham Military Camp) and the Southern Regional Support Centre (located at Burnham Military Camp).