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Waiouru Military Camp is a camp of the
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in the central
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of
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near
Waiouru Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic Plateau, north of Palmerston North and 25 kilometres south-east of Mount Ruapehu. The town ...
. All New Zealand Army soldiers complete their initial basic training, the All Arms Recruit Course (AARC), at Waiouru Military Camp. The camp is also the site of the army
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. The marae is the home of ''Ngati Tumatauenga'', literally 'the tribe of the God of War', the Māori phrase for the New Zealand Army.


Military camp

The New Zealand government chose the sheep station at Waiouru as the location of a North Island training area for its Territorial Forces in the 1930s. The sheep station had large areas of inexpensive open land, and existing road and rail access to the North Island coastline. The
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was the first branch of the New Zealand Army to use Waiouru. In 1937, Waiouru farmhand Cedric Arthur wrote: :''The Military (artillery) Camp is here again for its annual big shoot, so Waiouru is exceedingly busy with huge lorries, tractors, guns and horses, not to mention soldiers galore.... It has been rumoured around here that the Minister of Defence has bought 15 miles of Waiouru to make a permanent Camp here.'' (Arthur 1984) A month after the declaration of
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in 1939, most of the leasehold Waiouru run was taken back by the Crown.


Wartime camp

At the beginning of the winter of 1940, 800 construction workers from the Ministry of Works built a training camp with capacity for 7,000 Territorial soldiers. Within six weeks 25,000 tons of building materials had arrived at Waiouru Railway Station. 450,000 tonnes of earth was shifted to make a flat area for the camp. At the same time, hundreds of soldiers camped under canvas in the snow and completed extensive field training. By Christmas 1940, there were 230 buildings erected, served by of streets, and each of water mains, power lines and sewers. By mid-1941, seven regimental camps housed 7,000 soldiers. There was a bakery, a hospital, two film theatres and five "institutes", each with a concert hall, library, writing room and tearooms. However, there were no bars; soldiers had to go to
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to buy a beer. An Armoured Fighting Vehicle School and a Command and Staff School at Waiouru were established in August 1941. By the end of the war, £1.2 million (NZ$2.4 million) had been spent on developing the camp, and of land had been acquired for training.Brief, (1987)


Postwar

More land was required for the camp by 1949. Plans were made to upgrade the
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track through the artillery range to a major State Highway and build a high-voltage power line to transfer power up the Moawhango valley. The Army Schools at Trentham were to be transferred to Waiouru, compulsory military training was about to commence and, as defence responsibilities shifted to South-East Asia, the Army needed forests for jungle warfare training. These considerations resulted in another of land to the north and east of the camp being acquired by the New Zealand Government. In 1955, the 1st
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Squadron started jungle training in Paradise Valley, part of the newly acquired area.


Waiouru's busiest years

Compulsory military training was carried out at Waiouru from 1950 to 1958, and balloted national service from 1962 to 1972. In 1978, the
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opened at Waiouru, and in 1985 the Officer Cadet School of New Zealand. These were busiest years at Waiouru. 100 recreational clubs were active in the 1970s and 80s: the Ski Club alone had 300 members. At the time, Waiouru had a population of 6,000 people, including 600 children.


Declining use

In the 1980s some training was discontinued, and some army units were transferred to
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. By 1990 Waiouru's permanent population had fallen to about 3,000. However, several hundred additional service personnel participated in training at Waiouru at any given time. In 1991, nearly three thousand soldiers were trained in Waiouru on 275 courses. With the reorganisation of armoured force personnel in 2005, and their departure from Army Training Group, Waiouru's population fell to about 2,000, but it was still often-used training area due to its central location and of varied landforms. The 1,400 beds in the barracks were frequently full, with more personnel using satellite camps or sleeping in the field. Waiouru continues to be the base for TAD (The Army Depot) and is the integral training base for the New Zealand Army. Most of the service people currently posted to Waiouru support training courses including the All Arms Recruit Course (basic training).


Future

In April 2004, regarding the future of the camp, Major General
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stated that Waiouru was a strong factor in defining the Army, and the majority of courses, especially the more challenging ones, are run there. The camp also houses the
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for the
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.


Defence Agreement with Singapore

As part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the
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and the
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the live-firing range of the camp had been used by the
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for the test firing of their 155 mm howitzer guns—such as the
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,
FH-2000 The FH-2000 or Field Howitzer 2000 was developed by ST Engineering, Singapore Technologies for the Singapore Army. It is a 155 mm/52-calibre towed howitzer gun. It fires projectiles to a maximum range of 42 kilometers using special extended ...
,
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and the SSPH Primus since 1985. On several occasions, Waiouru army camp has also hosted the visiting Singapore Army's artillery battalion during bi-lateral military training exercises.


Accidents

On 9 March 1997, a 155 mm artillery round exploded in the barrel of an FH-2000 howitzer during a live firing exercise conducted by the 23rd Battalion,
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, of the Singapore Army at the artillery range of Waiouru Army Camp. This resulted in the death of two full-time Singaporean national servicemen; Third Sergeant Ronnie Tan Han Chong and
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Low Yin Tit. 12 other servicemen also were injured in the incident, including a
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from
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, who was part of a group of
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liaison officer/observer to the visiting SAF battalion. The explosion was attributed to a defective fuse. The loading force of the round was found to be a contributing factor. On 19 January 2019, while taking part in a live firing exercise as an Operationally Ready National Serviceman,
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(CFC)(NS)
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entered the cabin of a Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer (SSPH) to troubleshoot a fault. At 7.05 pm
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(2.05 pm SST), to enable diagnosis of the fault, the barrel of the howitzer was automatically lowered to neutral position within the cabin. Pang was in the path of the receding barrel and sustained severe crush injuries to his chest and abdomen as a result. Pang eventually succumbed to the sustained injuries and died at
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on 24 January 2019 at 1.45 am (
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UTC+13) (23 January 2019 8.45 pm SST UTC+8).


Royal New Zealand Navy

The Royal New Zealand Navy's Waiouru Wireless Telegraph Station was commissioned in July 1943 and at the height of the war had an establishment of about 150 personnel, of whom more than eighty were women. Tens of thousands of code groups were handled each day, mostly for the
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in Japanese waters. A dozen or more circuits were manned simultaneously, and teleprinter land lines fed the signals to the Navy Office. In 1951, it was designated HMNZS ''Irirangi'' (Maori for spirit voice). It is now manned by only a small contingent of naval maintenance staff.


Waiouru Airfield

From World War II until 2001, the
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s and
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fighter jets used the Army's artillery target areas in the
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and east of the Moawhango River as bombing and rocket ranges. The RNZAF maintains Jameson Field inside the camp for its
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and A-109 helicopters and practices landing
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aircraft on the sealed Waiouru Airfield ( ICAO Code NZRU) to the west of the camp.


Barracks

The barracks in Waiouru are traditionally named after battles, campaigns and in one instance a war.


Alamein Barracks

Alamein Barracks commemorate the 1942
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in which the
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played a vital role.


Belhamed Barracks

Belhamed Barracks commemorate the 2nd New Zealand Divisions actions at Belhamed during
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in December 1941.


Bologna Barracks

Bologna Barracks commemorate the Italian town of
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in Northern Italy which the 2nd New Zealand Division helped to liberate in 1945.


Cambrai Barracks

Traditionally a
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Barracks, Cambrai Barracks commemorate the 20 November 1917 Battle of Cambrai which was the first time that tanks were used en masse.


Cassino Barracks

Cassino Barracks commemorate the 1944 Battle of Cassino.


Crete Barracks

Crete Barracks commemorate the May 1941
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.


Faenza Barracks

Faenza Barracks commemorate the December 1944 liberation of the Italian city of
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by the 2nd New Zealand Division. The NZ Division out flanked the German Garrison in Faenza, killing at least 200 Germans and capturing a further 300.


Galatas Barracks

Galatas Barracks commemorate the New Zealand actions at Galatas during the
Battle of Crete The Battle of Crete (german: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, el, Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (german: Unternehmen Merkur), was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island ...
.


Gallipoli Barracks

Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera Barracks (also known as Gallipoli Barracks) is an Australian Army base in the northwestern Brisbane suburb of Enoggera in Queensland, Australia. It was officially established in the early 20th century when the area was used for field ...
are named after the New Zealand's Army's first major campaign of the First World War.


Korea Barracks

Korea Barracks commemorated the 4700 New Zealanders of Kayforce who served during the
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from 1950 to 1957.


Malaya Barracks

Malaya Barracks commemorated New Zealand's contribution during the
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.


Maleme Barracks

Maleme Barracks commemorate the New Zealand actions at Maleme during the
Battle of Crete The Battle of Crete (german: Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, el, Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (german: Unternehmen Merkur), was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island ...
.


Megiddo Barracks

Megiddo Barracks commemorated the 19–21 September 1918 Battle of Megiddo in which the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade played a significant role.


Menastir Barracks

Menastir Barracks commemorated the 2nd New Zealand Divisions actions in the Menastir area in December 1941.


Minqar Qaim Barracks

Minqar Qaim Barracks commemorates the dramatic break out of the 2nd New Zealand Division when encircled by the German 21st Panzer Division.


Olympus Barracks

Olympus Barracks commemorates the actions of the 5th Infantry Brigade (New Zealand) at Olympus Pass during the
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of April 1941.


Platamon Barracks

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Barracks commemorates the actions of the 5th Infantry Brigade (New Zealand) at Platamon during the
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of April 1941.


Ruweisat Barracks

Ruweisat Barracks commemorated the 2nd New Zealand Divisions actions at Ruweisat Ridge area in July 1942.


Senio Barracks

Senio Barracks commemorated one of those most difficult of operations - an opposed river crossing, when in April the 2nd New Zealand Division successfully crossed the
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in Italy during the
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.


Somme Barracks

Somme Barracks commemorated the two WW1 Battles of the Somme, after which several New Zealand Infantry Battalions were granted the battle honour "Somme 1916-18".


Takrouna Barracks

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Barracks commemorate the 2nd New Zealand Divisions last major action of World War IIs North African Campaign.


Tebaga Barracks

Tebaga Barracks commemorate the 2nd New Zealand Divisions capture of the Tebaga Gap, opening up the road to the
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.


Terendak Barracks

Terendak Barracks are named after the purpose built brigade camp in Malaysia that was occupied by the New Zealand Army from 1960 to 1969.


Trieste Barracks

Trieste Barracks commemorate
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in northern Italy where the 2nd New Zealand Divisions ended it involvement in World War II and it is said fought the first battle of the
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Vella Levella Barracks.

Vella Levella Barracks commemorates the battle conducted by the 14th (New Zealand) Infantry Brigade of the 3rd New Zealand Division to secure Vella Levella in the central
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.


See also

* Burnham, New Zealand * Hopuhopu Camp *
Linton Military Camp Linton Military Camp is the largest New Zealand Army base and is home to the Headquarters 1(NZ) Brigade. It is located just south of Palmerston North. History The land that the present Linton Military Camp stands on was purchased by the Governme ...
*
Papakura Military Camp Papakura Military Camp is a New Zealand Army military camp located in the Auckland suburb of Papakura North, in northern New Zealand. It is the home of the New Zealand Special Air Service. Geography The camp was established on the outskirts of ...
*
Trentham Military Camp Trentham Military Camp is a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) facility located in Trentham, Upper Hutt, near Wellington. Originally a New Zealand Army installation, it is now run by Defence and accommodates all three services. It also hosts Jo ...


References

;Notes ;Bibliography *Arthur, P.M., 1984, ''Waiouru, Land of the Tussock'', 1935–40. *Croom, F.G., 1941, ''The History of the Waiouru Military Camp''. *Moss, G.R., 1956, ''The Waiouru Tussock Lands'', NZ Journal of Agriculture, 16 July 1956. *Newspaper cutting, 1991, author and journal unknown. *''Brief – Waiouru Land Acquisition'', 1987, authors unknown. *A. Gregory, ''Weekend Herald'', 24 December 2003


External links


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National Army Museum
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