What is New Zealand Defence Force?
{{no sources|date=August 2014}} The '''New Zealand Defence Force''' (or '''NZDF''') is the [[Military|armed forces]] of [[New Zealand]]. It is divided into three parts: the [[New Zealand Army]], the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]], and the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]]. The NZDF is headed by the [[Chief of Defence Force (New Zealand)|Chief of Defence Force]] or CDF. The current CDF is [[Rhys Jones (soldier)|Rhys Jones]].[https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/] The original military of New Zealand in the 19th century was the [[British Armed Forces|British army]]. In the 1840s, residents in New Zealand started forming [[militia]] units. Starting in 1858, New Zealand formed small regular army units. The country formed a small flotilla in the 1860s for naval service. By 1941, the army, the navy, and the air force were separate services. The Defense Act 1990 created the NZDF. ==Related pages== * [[Military history of New Zealand]] {{military-stub}} [[Category:1990 establishments in Oceania]] [[Category:1990s establishments in New Zealand]] [[Category:Organizations based in New Zealand]]