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Trades, salaries and service options across the Army, Navy and Air Force, from recruit to commissioned officer.
How to Join
Eligibility, intake dates, interviews and basic training: the whole application path in the order you meet it.
Aptitude Test Preparation
What the NZDF aptitude test really is, how SHL builds it, and how to practise until the timing stops hurting.
Fitness & Assessment Day
Assessment Day standards, the beep test explained level by level, and a plan to reach them before you apply.
Bases & Camps
Where the NZDF trains and posts you, from the recruit courses at Waiouru to Linton, Burnham and Whenuapai.
Inside the NZDF
The force itself: size, structure, command, ranks and insignia, and the uniforms that carry them.
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