How to Join
Joining the New Zealand Defence Force is a sequence, not a single application, and each stage screens for something different. Follow it here from eligibility through to your first day in camp, with the waiting times nobody publishes.
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How to join the NZ Army: the full NZDF application process, from online registration and Assessment Day to Offer of Service, clearances…
The application is easy. The testing is not.
Aptitude testing sits early in the NZDF process and you cannot resit it on demand. Walk in prepared rather than curious.