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This is a list of New Zealand organisations with royal patronage.
Royal Family members with honorary military appointments
Name
Appointments
Honorary Military Appointments in the
New Zealand Defence Force
The King
[6]
Air Commodore-in-Chief of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Princess Royal
[7]
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (since 1977)
[N 1]
[8]
The Duchess of Gloucester
[9]
Colonel Commandant of the
Royal New Zealand Army Education Corps (since 1985).
Former Honorary Military Appointments
Elizabeth II
[10]
Captain-General of the
Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery Captain-General of the
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps
Colonel-in-Chief ,
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
Air Commodore-in-Chief ,
New Zealand Territorial Air Force Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Colonel-in-Chief,
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) (until 1964) Colonel-in-Chief,
The Wellington Regiment (until 1964)
[N 2] Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (until 1996; disbanded)
The Duke of York
[11]
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (until January 2022)
[12] ("The Duke of York's own"; since 1996 formation)
[N 3]
[13]
The Duke of Edinburgh
[14]
Field Marshal in the New Zealand Army
Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Marshal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Colonel-in-Chief,
Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Colonel-in-Chief, New Zealand Infantry Corps (formerly) Colonel-in-Chief,
The Hawke's Bay Regiment (formerly) Colonel-in-Chief, The Otago and Southland Regiment (formerly)
Princess Alexandra of Kent
Colonel-in-Chief,
Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment (until 1964)
[N 2]
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Colonel-in-Chief,
Corps of New Zealand Engineers (until 1942)
[15]
Edward VIII
[16]
Honorary Colonel,
Queen Alexandra's (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles Honorary Colonel,
Regiment of New Zealand Artillery Honorary Colonel,
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) (all appointments relinquished upon his abdication in 1936)
George VI
[17]
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Artillery Colonel-in-Chief,
The Auckland Regiment
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Colonel-in-Chief,
New Zealand Scottish Regiment (from 1939)
[18] Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (from 1947)
[19]
The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
[20]
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (until 1964) Colonel-in-Chief,
The Northland Regiment (until 1964)
[N 2]
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
[21]
Colonel-in-Chief, The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
[22]
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
[23]
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps
Notes
^ In 2006, the Princess Royal's visit to New Zealand included visits to the Corps of Signals.
^
a
b
c Until the re-organisation of the infantry arm of the New Zealand army in 1964.
^ In 1998, the Duke of York presented the Prince Andrew Banner to the RNZALR in a ceremony in
Palmerston North . He last visited the Regiment between 28 September and 2 October 2005
References
See also