The Signals Corps provides, co-ordinates and operates the communications networks of the New Zealand Army. // Structure of the New Zealand Army 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. ...
Modern signals equipment is essential to the Army, demanding skilled operators and technicians. Because communications must be maintained even under the worst of conditions, Signallers must be expert tradespeople. They must also accept a high degree of personal responsibility because the lives of soldiers can often rely on the fast and accurate transmission of battlefield information.
The Corps is comprised of Telecommunications Technicians who repair and maintain a wide range of technical equipment and Telecommunications Operators who process signals traffic over morse, voice and telegraph circuits.
The corps school is know as the Royal New Zealand School of Signals and is located in Waiouru. The Auckland (Countess of Ranfurlys Own) and Northland Regiment is a Territorial Force unit of the New Zealand Army. ... Waiouru is a small town in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal is Colonel-in-Chief of the RoyalNewZealandCorps of Signals, and of the RoyalNewZealand Nursing Corps.
Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret the Countess of Snowdon was formerly Colonel-in-Chief, the RoyalNewZealand Infantry Corps, and of The Northland Regiment, until the reorganisation of the infantry corps in 1964.
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra was Colonel-in-Chief of the Wellington and West Coast and Taranaki Regiment until the re-organisation of the infantry arm of the NewZealand army in 1964.
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