I am not a New Zealand citizen. Can I join the New Zealand Army?

You can be enlisted into the New Zealand Army as a Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth citizen, but soldiers need to be New Zealand citizens eligible to hold New Zealand passports in order to be deployed overseas on operational service.

This page was last reviewed on 11 April 2006 and is current.

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