Personnel Composition – as at 1 July 2007
Headquarters
| Regular Force |
256 |
| Non-Regular |
0 |
| Civilian |
773 |
| HQ NZDF Total |
1,029 |
Joint Forces
| Regular Force |
160 |
| Non-Regular |
0 |
| Civilian |
38 |
| HQ JFNZ Total |
198 |
Note 1:
HQ JFNZ RF numbers are also included in Single Service counts.
Note 2:
Single Service totals include RF working in HQ NZDF and HQ JFNZ.
Navy
| Regular Force |
2,034 |
| Non-Regular |
287 |
| Civilian |
378 |
| RNZN Total |
2,699 |
| Regular Force Gender Ratio |
Male |
77% |
| Female |
23% |
Army
| Regular Force |
4,580 |
| Non-Regular |
1,762 |
| Civilian |
693 |
| Army Total |
7,035 |
| Regular Force Gender Ratio |
Male |
86% |
| Female |
14% |
Air Force
| Regular Force |
2,437 |
| Non-Regular |
191 |
| Civilian |
397 |
| RNZAF Total |
3,007 |
| Regular Force Gender Ratio |
Male |
83% |
| Female |
17% |
Note 3:
Air Force Non-regular Force Numbers include all personnel recorded as 'Non-Regular'. This includes 154 pers in the RNZAF Band and Air Traffic Controllers. 19 University Cadets, and 18 General Service Hands (which were the only personnel counted in the 2006 figure).
Defence Force
| Regular Force |
9,051 |
| Non-Regular |
2,240 |
| Civilian |
2,261 |
| NZDF Total |
13,552 |
| Regular Force Gender Ratio |
Male |
83% |
| Female |
17% |
Note 4:
Civilian numbers are Full-Time Equivalent and HQ NZDF totals includes VANZ.
NZDF Personnel Total Number By Year

NZDF Regular Force Attrition By Year (12 month rolling average)

Satisfaction with Employment in the NZDF

Overall, Regular Force personnel’s satisfaction with employment in the NZDF has remained fairly stable over the past 12 months. From March 2006 to March 2007, 62.7% of all Regular Force respondents rated their overall satisfaction as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.
The NZDF Ongoing Attitude Survey continues to provide a valuable source of information to monitor organisational health and as an aid to HR policy development. The NZDF Cohort Survey has also continued. This survey tracks selected cohort groups of officer and other rank recruits across the three Services over time, to monitor recruit perceptions and levels of satisfaction, and inform future recruitment, training, and management practices.
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