The Hauraki Regiment was a Territorial Force unit of the
New Zealand Army
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. The regiment was formed as the 2nd (Hauraki) Battalion, Auckland Rifle Volunteers. Men of the Hauraki Regiment served during the
First World War
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with the various Auckland Regiments, and with the 18th,
21st
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Second World War
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With the reorganisation of the army in 1964, the regiment become a TF battalion of the
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
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. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the TF battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups. The Hauraki Regiment became the 6th Hauraki Battalion Group, which housed infantry, medical and logitics unit types:
History
In 1898, the unit was formed as the second battalion of the Auckland Rifle Volunteer, with a recruitment area around the
Hauraki Gulf
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The Rifles
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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freedoms
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Rotorua
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(1963)
*City of
Tauranga
Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...
(1969)
*Borough of
Tokoroa
Tokoroa ( mi, Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere) is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the ...
(1981)
*Borough of
Paeroa
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(1983)
References
Further reading
*Richard Taylor, 'Comrades Brave: A History of the Hauraki Regiment,' NZ, 1998