Encyclopedia > Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment
The RNZALR provides catering support (Cooks and Stewards) for 10 people or 400 people. Mobility support (Drivers) from light to heavy vehicles carrying stores or troops to tanks and heavy equipment. Supply support (Supplier/Quartermasters) from the smallest nut and bolt to tons of ammunition, fuel, rations, spare parts or whole vehicles and equipment. Maintenance support (Vehicle Mechanics, Weapons Maintenance Technicians, Electronics Technicians, Electrical Fitters and Maintenance Fitters) for the repair and maintenance of all the Army's equipment. Ammunition support (Ammunition Technicians) for the inspection, repair and disposal of all ammunition and explosives used by the New Zealand Army. This also includes bomb disposal. The New Zealand Army (or NZ Army) is the land armed force of the New Zealand military and comprises around 4,500 regular personnel and 2,500 non-regulars and civilians. ...
HRH the Duke of York is the Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment. The title Duke of York is a title of nobility usually given to the second son of the British monarch, unless the title is already held by an earlier monarchs son who is still alive. ... In the British and other Commonwealth armies, the Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment is its (usually Royal) patron. ...
NewZealand is a signatory of the ANZUS treaty, a defence pact between it, Australia and the United States.
NewZealand maintains a contingent in the Multinational Force and Observers and has contributed to UN peacekeeping operations in Angola, Cambodia, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia.
NewZealand's most recent PKO experience has been in East Timor, where it initially dispatched almost 10% of its entire defence force and continues to be the second-largest force contributor.
The use of the term 'Royal', as in the RoyalNewZealand Navy and RoyalNewZealand Air Force, and oaths taken by politicians, judges, members of the armed forces and new citizens are to the Queen.
In NewZealand the legal personality of the state is sometimes referred to as "Her Majesty the Queen in Right of NewZealand", although the term "the Crown" more often associated with the government acting as a legal entity.
Similarly the oath of allegiance to NewZealand, sworn by new citizens, the NewZealand Defence Force, NewZealand Police officers, and parliamentarians, is an oath of allegiance to the monarch as sovereign of NewZealand, and to his/her heirs and successors according to law.
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