Contact Us

To enable us to best help with your enquiry please select the contact details from one of the following categories.

Joining the Reserve Forces (Recruiting)

To find out more about a future with New Zealand's Reserve Forces, either:

• Visit the Defence Careers website, or
• Ring Defence Careers on 0800 1 FORCE (0800 136 723).

Self-service HR for Reserve Personnel

If you're currently a serving member of the Reserve Forces, without access to DIXS, and have a question about your HR pay and administration contact the Human Resource Service Centre (HRSC) on either:

• Email hrsc.admin, or
• Phone 0800 DFHRSC (0800 334772).

Youth Development Enquiries

Limited Service Volunteer (LSV)

The NZDF is unable to directly accept or process applications for the LSV course - please contact Work and Income. To find out more visit the Work and Income LSV page.

Service Academies

For more information about joining a Service Academy, contact the relevant school directly.

A list of Service Academies, as well as additional information, can be found on the Ministry of Education's Alternative Education website

Cadet Forces

To find out more about joining the Cadet Forces please visit the Cadet Forces page "Joining Up".