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From: Rev. Hamish Kirk
[[3]mailto:[FOI #33804 email]]

Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2026 11:09 a.m.

To: Ministerial Services <[4][NZDF request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Has the Royal New Zealand
Chaplains Department (RNZChD) Corps Fund followed its own rules regarding
Chapel Prints

 

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Dear New Zealand Defence Force,

Request Background

All Army Chaplains are commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Chaplains
Department (RNZChD).  Most Army Chaplains are financial members of the
RNZChD Corps Fund- a Non-Public Fund within the NZDF.

About 15 years ago, an exiting Chaplain generously donated prints of the
various camps and base chapels to the RNZChD Corps Fund to present to
financial members of the fund upon leaving the RNZChD.  A motion was
agreed to accepting this gift and agreeing for the fund to pay for a
framed print of a chapel of the leaving Chaplain’s choice. 

 

Request

1.            How many Chaplains have left the RNZChD Corps Fund in each
year from 2010 until 2025 inclusive?

2.            How many chapel prints were gifted to exiting RNZChD Corps
Fund chaplains each year from 2010 to 2025 inclusive?

3.            In any particular year where a chaplain had left the RNZChD
Corps Fund but did not received their chapel print, What was the year? 
Who was the Principal Chaplain Army for that year?

4.            I request a copy of the RNZChD Corps Fund constitution.

5.            I request a copy of the motion concerning the chapel prints.

6.            I request a copy of the last audit into the RNZChD Corps
Fund.

7.            When is the RNZChD Corps Fund next due an audit?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Rev. Hamish Kirk

 

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Good afternoon Hamish,

 

Please find the response to your email attached.

 

Regards

 

Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force | Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa

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-----Original Message-----

From: Rev. Hamish Kirk
[[2]mailto:[FOI #33804 email]]

Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2026 11:09 a.m.

To: Ministerial Services <[3][NZDF request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Has the Royal New Zealand
Chaplains Department (RNZChD) Corps Fund followed its own rules regarding
Chapel Prints

 

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Dear New Zealand Defence Force,

Request Background

All Army Chaplains are commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Chaplains
Department (RNZChD).  Most Army Chaplains are financial members of the
RNZChD Corps Fund- a Non-Public Fund within the NZDF.

About 15 years ago, an exiting Chaplain generously donated prints of the
various camps and base chapels to the RNZChD Corps Fund to present to
financial members of the fund upon leaving the RNZChD.  A motion was
agreed to accepting this gift and agreeing for the fund to pay for a
framed print of a chapel of the leaving Chaplain’s choice. 

 

Request

1.How many Chaplains have left the RNZChD Corps Fund in each year from
2010 until 2025 inclusive?

2.How many chapel prints were gifted to exiting RNZChD Corps Fund
chaplains each year from 2010 to 2025 inclusive?

3.In any particular year where a chaplain had left the RNZChD Corps Fund
but did not received their chapel print, What was the year?  Who was the
Principal Chaplain Army for that year?

4.I request a copy of the RNZChD Corps Fund constitution.

5.I request a copy of the motion concerning the chapel prints.

6.I request a copy of the last audit into the RNZChD Corps Fund.

7.When is the RNZChD Corps Fund next due an audit?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Rev. Hamish Kirk

 

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