Dear New Zealand Defence Force,

I would like to request information about the current honorary appointments across the New Zealand Defence Force.

Specifically, could you please provide:

• A list of the current Commodore-in-Chief, Colonel-in-Chief, and Air Commodore-in-Chief positions held within the Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force, respectively.
• The name of the individual currently holding each appointment, and the date (or approximate date) their tenure began.
• Whether any requests, proposals, or correspondence have been made since the accession of King Charles III to update, renew, or confirm these honorary appointments, and the current status of any such requests.

I note that The Royal New Zealand Artillery has publicly announced His Majesty King Charles III as its Captain-General (https://www.rnzaa.org.nz/new-rnza-captai...) and the Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers previously indicated that a request had been made for His Majesty to assume the role as their Colonel-in-Chief (https://www.facebook.com/CorpsOfRoyalNew...). However, I have not been able to locate confirmation of the later appointment, nor information about equivalent positions in other branches, corps, or units.

Yours faithfully,

Stanley Bannerman