List of units in the New Zealand Cadet Corps

This is a list of units in the New Zealand Cadet Corps. Each unit is led and managed by the Cadet Unit Commander, their officers and staff.

As of 2025 there are 34 New Zealand Cadet Corps units.

Map of New Zealand Cadet Corps Units

List of New Zealand Cadet Corps Units Abbrv.UnitTown / CityRegionAreaCoordinatesUnit Colour PatchUnit Recognition PatchArmy Sponsor UnitCommissionedWebsite and NotesOCCUOpotiki College Cadet UnitŌpōtikiBay of PlentyNorthern Area3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknown- 2nd oldest unit in the New Zealand Cadet Corps. - Only unit to retain their direct association with their parent college.PapCUPapakura Cadet UnitPapakuraAucklandNorthern Area3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownArchived

Formerly

City of Papakura Cadet UnitRDCURotorua District Cadet UnitRotoruaBay of PlentyNorthern AreaNone to date3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownCACUCity of Auckland Cadet UnitAucklandAucklandNorthern AreaNone3/6 Battalion RNZIRHCCUHamilton City Cadet UnitHamiltonWaikatoNorthern Area3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownKCUKerikeri Cadet UnitKerikeriNorthlandNorthern AreaNoneNone to date3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownNSCUNorth Shore Cadet UnitNorth ShoreAucklandNorthern AreaNoneNone to date3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownArchived Formerly

City of North Shore Cadet UnitWaitCUWaitakere Cadet UnitWaitakereAucklandNorthern Area3/6 Battalion RNZIR Archived

Formerly

Waitakere City Cadet Unit Te Atatu Cadet UnitTACCUTe Awamutu Community Cadet UnitTe AwamutuWaikatoNorthern AreaNone to date3/6 Battalion RNZIRWBPCUWestern Bay of Plenty Cadet UnitTaurangaBay of PlentyNorthern Area3/6 Battalion RNZIRWhanDCUWhangarei District Cadet UnitWhangāreiNorthlandNorthern AreaNone to date3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownTamCUTamaki Cadet UnitOtahuhuAucklandNorthern Area3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownMwiCUMangawhai Cadet UnitMangawhaiNorthlandNorthern AreaNone3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownWCCUWellington City Cadet UnitWellingtonWellingtonCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIR - Re-openingArchived Formerly

Rongotai College Cadet UnitCGCUCity of Gisborne Cadet UnitGisborneGisborneCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownCPorCUCity of Porirua Cadet UnitPoriruaWellingtonCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRCUHCUCity of Upper Hutt Cadet UnitUpper HuttWellingtonCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownCNPCUCity of New Plymouth Cadet UnitNew PlymouthTaranakiCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownCLHCUCity of Lower Hutt Cadet UnitLower HuttWellingtonCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownArchived RCURuahine Cadet UnitWaipukurauHawke's BayCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRRRCURangitikei Ruapehu Cadet UnitRuapehuManawatū-WhanganuiCentral Area 5/7 Battalion RNZIRCNapCUCity of Napier Cadet UnitNapierHawke's BayCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownTaupoCUTaupō Cadet UnitTaupōWaikatoCentral Area3/6 Battalion RNZIRUnknownMerged with Taumaranui Cadet Unit in 2020PNCUPalmerston North Cadet UnitPalmerston NorthManawatū-WhanganuiCentral AreaUnknownArchived FCUFeilding Cadet UnitFeildingManawatū-WhanganuiCentral Area5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownArchived WanCUWhanganui Cadet UnitWhanganuiManawatū-WhanganuiCentral AreaNoneNo digital media5/7 Battalion RNZIRUnknownACUAshburton Cadet UnitAshburtonCanterburySouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIRUnknownNCUNelson Cadet UnitNelsonNelsonSouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIRCCCUCity of Christchurch Cadet UnitChristchurchCanterburySouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIRSCUSelwyn Cadet UnitRollestonCanterburySouthern AreaNone2/4 Battalion RNZIRCDCUCity of Dunedin Cadet UnitDunedinOtagoSouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIRUnknownICUInvercargill Cadet UnitInvercargillSouthlandSouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIRUnknownMotCUMotueka Cadet UnitMotuekaTasmanSouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIRUnknownTimCUTimaru Cadet UnitTimaruOtagoSouthern Area2/4 Battalion RNZIR

Former Units +Former Units of the New Zealand Cadet CorpsAbbrv.UnitTown / CityAreaCommissionedDate of DisbandmentNotes.KCCUKaipara Community Cadet UnitHelensvilleNorthern Area19972013 (16 Years)SCCUSouthern Cross Cadet UnitMāngereNorthern Area2018MCUMaungarei Cadet UnitMt WellingtonNorthern Area2018Archived WCUWaiuku Cadet UnitWaiukuNorthern Area2007FHSCUHamilton's Fraser High School Cadet UnitHamiltonNorthern Area19312016EBopCUEastern Bay of Plenty Cadet UnitWhakatāneNorthern Area2009TWaACUTe Whanau a Apanui Cadet UnitTe KahaNorthern Area2010WDCUWairoa District Cadet UnitWairoaCentral Area2013NCCUNgāruawāhia Community Cadet UnitNgāruawāhiaNorthern Area01/11/1986WACCUWest Auckland Cadet UnitAucklandNorthern Area1987CoMCUCity of Manukau Cadet UnitManukauNorthern Area1996MASCUMangakino Area School Cadet UnitMangakinoNorthern AreaBHSCUBayfield Highschool Cadet UnitDunedinSouthern Area30/09/1996WCUWairarapa Cadet UnitWairarapaCentral AreaTACUTe Atatu Cadet UnitTe Atatū PeninsulaNorthern AreaChCCUChrists College Cadet UnitChristchurchSouthern Area1996KingCCUKing Country Cadet UnitTaumaranuiCentral Area2014Rebrand of Taumaranui Cadet unit, before Taumaranui eventually merged with Taupo Cadet unit

Former School Cadet Units There are 152 former high school Cadet Units. Unit NameTown / CityAreaCommissioned DateDate of DisbandmentNotes.Aranui High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernAshburton High School CadetsAshburtonSouthernAuckland Grammar School CadetsAucklandNorthernAvondale College CadetsAvondaleNorthernBurnside High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernCambridge High School CadetsCambridgeNorthernCashmere High School CadetsChristchurchSouthern01/04/1965Central Hawke's Bay College CadetsWaipukurauCentralChrist's College CadetsChristchurchSouthernChristchurch Boys High School CadetsChristchurchSouthern07/11/1970Christchurch West High School CadetsChristchurchSouthern01/04/1965Christian Brothers High School CadetsDunedinSouthernDannevirke High School CadetsDannevirkeCentralDargaville High School CadetsDargavilleNorthernDe la Salle CadetsMāngereNorthernEdmund Campion College CadetsGisborneCentralFairfield College CadetsHamiltonNorthernFeilding Agricultural High School CadetsFeildingCentralFrancis Douglas College CadetsNew PlymouthCentralFreyberg High School CadetsPalmerston NorthCentralGore High School CadetsGoreSouthernGreymouth High School CadetsGreymouthSouthernHakatere College CadetsAshburtonSouthernHamilton Boys High School CadetsHamiltonNorthern28/02/1996Hamilton Technical College CadetsHamiltonNorthernHastings Boys High School CadetsHastingsCentralHenderson High School CadetsAucklandNorthernHeretaunga College CadetsUpper HuttCentralHokitika District High School CadetsHokitikaSouthernHorowhenua College CadetsLevinCentralHuntly College CadetsHuntlyNorthernHutt Valley High School CadetsLower HuttCentralHutt Valley Memorial Technical College CadetsLower HuttCentralJames Hargest Memorial High School CadetsInvercargillSouthernJohn McGlashan College CadetsDunedinSouthernKaeo District High School CadetsKaeoNorthernKaikorai Valley High School CadetsDunedinSouthernKaipara College CadetsKaiparaNorthernKaitaia College CadetsKaitaiaNorthernKings High School CadetsDunedinSouthernLindisfarne College CadetsHastingsCentralLinwood High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernLynfield College CadetsAucklandNorthernMana College CadetsPoriruaCentral01/03/1965Mangakino District HighMangakinoNorthernMarist Brothers High School Cadets, GreymouthGreymouthSouthernMarist Brothers High School Cadets, InvercargillInvercargillSouthernMarist Brothers High School Cadets, Palmerston NorthPalmerston NorthCentral07/12/1964Marlborough College CadetsBlenheimSouthernMatakana Island Maori District High School CadetsMatakana IslandNorthernMatamata College CadetsMatamataNorthernMorrinsville College CadetsMorrinsvileNorthernMotatau Maori District High School CadetsMotatauNorthern26/01/1965Mount Albert Grammar School CadetsAucklandNorthern01/09/1964Mount Maunganui College CadetsMount MaunganuiNorthernMount Roskill Grammar School CadetsAucklandNorthern07/1996Naenae College CadetsLower HuttCentralNapier Boys' High School CadetsNapierCentral30/11/1964Nelson College CadetsNelsonSouthernNew Plymouth Boys High School CadetsNew PlymouthCentralNgata Memorial College CadetsRuatoriaNorthernNgatea District High School CadetsNgateaNorthernNightcaps District High School CadetsNightcapsSouthernNorthland College CadetsKaikoheNorthernOkaihau District High School CadetsŌkaihauNorthernOkato District High School CadetsŌkatoCentralOpunake High School CadetsŌpunakeCentralOtago Boys High School CadetsDunedinSouthernFirst UnitOtahuhu College CadetsAucklandNorthernOtorohanga College CadetsŌtorohangaNorthernPaeroa College CadetsPaeroaNorthernPalmerston District High School CadetsPalmerstonSouthernPapanui High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernPapanui High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernPenrose High School CadetsAucklandNorthernPiopio District High School CadetsPiopioNorthernPukekohe High School CadetsPukekoheNorthernPunaruku Maori District High School CadetsPunarukuNorthernPutaruru High School CadetsPutāruruNorthernRangiora High School CadetsRangioraSouthernRangitahi College CadetsMuruparaNorthern09/03/1966Rangitikei College CadetsMartonCentralRangitoto College CadetsAucklandNorthern01/10/1964Raupehu College CadetsOhakuneCentralRawene District High School CadetsRaweneNorthernReefton District High School CadetsReeftonSouthernReporoa District High School CadetsReporoaNorthernRerekohu District High School CadetsTe AraroaNorthernRiccarton High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernRiverton District High School CadetsInvercargillSouthernRotorua Boys High School CadetsRotoruaNorthernRuawai District High School CadetsRuawaiNorthern15/09/1964Scots College CadetsWellingtonCentralSeddon Memorial Technical College CadetsAucklandNorthernSelwyn College CadetsAucklandNorthernShirley Boys High School CadetsChristchurchSouthernSouthland Boys High School CadetsInvercargillSouthernSouthland Technical College CadetsInvercargillSouthernSt. Andrew's College CadetsChristchurchSouthernSt. Augustine's High School CadetsWhanganuiCentralSt. Bede's College CadetsChristchurchSouthernSt. Bernard's College CadetsLower HuttCentral07/04/1963St. John’s College Cadets, HamiltonHamiltonNorthernSt. Joseph’s College CadetsAucklandNorthernSt. Kevin’s College CadetsOamaruSouthernSt. Patrick's College Cadets, SilverstreamSilverstreamCentralSt. Patrick’s College Cadets, WellingtonWellingtonCentralSt. Peter's College CadetsCambridgeNorthern11/02/1966St. Peter's Maori College CadetsAucklandNorthernSt. Stephen's School CadetsBombayNorthernStratford Technical High School CadetsStratfordCentralTaihape District High School CadetsTaihapeCentralTaita College CadetsTaitāCentralTakapuna Grammar School CadetsAucklandNorthern01/12/1964Tamaki College CadetsAucklandNorthernTararua College CadetsPahiatuaCentralTaumarunui High School CadetsTaumaranuiCentralTaupō-Nui-a-Tia College CadetsTaupōCentralTauranga Boys College CadetsTaurangaNorthernTe Aroha College CadetsTe ArohaNorthernTe Aute College CadetsPukehouCentralTe Awamutu College CadetsTe AwamutuNorthern01/09/1964Te Kaha Maori District High School CadetsTe KahaNorthernTe Kao Maori District High School CadetsTe KaoNorthernTe Kuiti High School CadetsTe KūitiNorthernThames High School CadetsThamesNorthernThe Taieri High School CadetsMosgielSouthernTimaru Boys High School CadetsTimaruSouthernTimaru Technical High School CadetsTimaruSouthernTokomairiro District High School CadetsMiltonSouthernWaiau District High School CadetsWaiauSouthernWaimate High School CadetsWaimateSouthernWaimea College CadetsNelsonSouthernWairarapa College CadetsMastertonCentral23/07/1964Waitaki Boys High School CadetsOamaruSouthernWellington College CadetsWellingtonCentralWellsford District High School CadetsWellsfordNorthernWestlake High School CadetsAucklandNorthernWestport Technical College CadetsWestportSouthernWhakatane High School CadetsWhakatāneNorthernWyndham District High School CadetsWyndhamSouthernXavier College CadetsChristchurchSouthernYaldhurst Model School CadetsYaldhurstSouthern

See also New Zealand Cadet Corps

New Zealand Cadet Forces

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