October 4 2007
Around 300 participants are expected for this year’s New Zealand Army Cultural Festival at the Waiouru Military Camp, from October 12 – 14.
Waiouru is home to the Army’s National Marae. All members of the Army pass through the marae during their careers making it the spiritual home of the New Zealand Army/ Ngati Tumatauenga.
The festival is both a celebration of New Zealand’s unique military culture - a combination of the martial traditions of the British soldier and the Maori warrior - and a chance to enhance the esprit de corps of the Army and wider NZDF.
Nine groups will perform during the festival. They are from the Army camps of Waiouru, Linton, Burnham and Trentham, as well as Territorial Force units, the Royal New Zealand Navy, and from outside the military.
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For media interested in attending the festival on Saturday, October 13 please contact Dave Courtney, New Zealand Army, on (04) 496 0296 or (021) 487 980.
For more information on the New Zealand Army’s cultural heritage, please visit www.army.mil.nz.