New Zealand

The Wellington Regiment

The Wellington West Coast Regiment

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment

The Taranaki Regiment

	regimented volunteer units Royal Rifle Volunteers Wanganui Rifle Volunteers Palmerston Rifle Volunteers Manchester Rifle Volunteers Wanganui Guards Rifle Volunteers Wanganui Highland Rifle Volunteers Foxton Rifle Volunteers Palmerston Guards Rifle Volunteers Irish Rifle Volunteers Castlecliff Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Taranaki Rifle Volunteers Taranaki Guards Rifle Volunteers Patea Rifle Volunteers Inglewood Rifle Volunteers Eltham Rifle Volunteers Hawera Rifle Volunteers Stratford Rifle Volunteers Waitara Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Wellington City Rifle Volunteers Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers Kelburne Rifle Volunteers Civil Service Rifle Volunteers Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifle Vols College Rifle Volunteers Zeelandia Rifle Volunteers Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers Hutt Valley Rifle Volunteers Johnsonville Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers Napier Rifle Volunteers Hastings Rifle Volunteers Waipawa Rifle Volunteers Ranfurly Rifle Volunteers Gisborne Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Woodville Rifle Volunteers Dannevirke Rifle Volunteers Masterton Rifle Volunteers Pahiatua Rifle Volunteers Greytown Rifle Volunteers Union Rifle Volunteers Carterton Rifle Volunteers Ashhurst Rifle Volunteers │
1898:	│ │	│ │	Wellington Rifle Volunteers │	│ │	│ │
1901:	2nd Battalion Wellington (West Coast) Rifles	4th Battalion Wellington (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers	1st Battalion Wellington Rifle Volunteers	3rd Battalion Wellington (East Coast) Rifle Volunteers	5th Battalion Wellington (Center or Ruahine) Rifle Volunteers
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1911:	7th (Wellington West Coast Rifles) Regiment	11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment	5th (Wellington Rifles) Regiment	1st Battalion,	2nd Battalion,
				9th (Wellington East Coast Rifles) Regiment
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1913:	│	│	│	9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment
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1914:	│	│	│	9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment	17th (Ruahine) Regiment
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1914/ 1919:	formed The Wellington Infantry Regiment, NZEF
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1921:	2nd Battalion,	4th Battalion,	1st Battalion,	3rd Battalion,
	The Wellington Regiment
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1923:	The Wellington West Coast Regiment	The Taranaki Regiment │	The Wellington Regiment	The Hawke’s Bay Regiment │
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1938:	│ │ │	│ │ │	The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own) │	│ │ │
1940:	│	│	2nd Battalion raised	1st Battalion,	2nd Battalion,
	│	│	│	The Hawke’s Bay Regiment
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1941:	│ │	│ │	3rd and 4th Battalion raised │	│ │	The Ruahine Regiment │
1942:	3rd Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │
1942:	3rd Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1943:	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1943:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded
1948:	The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment		The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)	The Hawke’s Bay Regiment │
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	perpetuate 19th, 22nd, 25th and 36th Battalion, 2nd NZEF
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1964:	5th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment		7th Battalion (Hawke’s Bay - City of Wellington’s Own), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
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1974:	5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment │		7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment │
1999:	The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment │		The Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay Regiment │
2003:	infantry of 5th Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Battalion Group │		infantry of 7th Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay Battalion Group │
2013:	5th/7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment │