Second Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Battalion Group.

Third Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland Battalion Group.

Fourth Otago and Southland Battalion Group.

Fifth Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki Battalion Group.

Seventh Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Battalion Group.

On ceremonial occasions the guns are accorded the same marks of respect as the guidons, colours, and banners of other corps and units.

Army Reserve Overseas

Private Rachel Kirk's "Diary of a Soldier"

Follow Army Reserve Soldier Private Rachel Kirk as she prepares for Deployment to the Solomon Islands in November 2009.

Patrolling in Malaita

Malaita, Christmas 2009 ALL THREE SECTIONS in our platoon were rotated in and out of the island of Malaita over the period of a month. The barge ride to Auki, Malaita's main town, took eight hours, five of which were spent sleeping in the back of...

Pre-Deployment Training

30 November 2009I exhailed the breath that I had been holding for five long weeks: my name had been called; I'd made it onto the deployment.

Specialist Training: Preparing for Pre Deployment Training

21st October 2009 Private Rachel Kirk: 4 weeks into training for Deployment to Solomon Islands

Looking forward to the Solomons

18 September 2009 For Private Rachel Kirk, being a soldier is something she has wanted to do since she was a child, and it is something she believes she has been well prepared for thanks to a Dad who was "tougher on me as a kid than the NCOs [Non...