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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = The Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment
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| dates                         = 1964–2012
| country                       = {{flag|New Zealand}}
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| branch                        = [[File:NZARMYCREST34.jpg|25px]] [[New Zealand Army]]
| type                          = Infantry
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| garrison                      = [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]]
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| motto                         = ''Kia Toa'' ([[Maori Language|Maori]]: "be brave")
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| march                         = The Wellington Regiment<br>[[Dashing White Sergeant|The Dashing White Sergeant]]
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| anniversaries                 = [[Battle of Chunuk Bair|Chunuck Bair Day]] - 8 August
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The '''Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment''' was a [[Territorial Force (New Zealand)|Territorial Force]] (TF) [[regiment]] of the [[New Zealand Army]]. It was formed in 1964 during the reorganisation of the army by the amalgamation of two separate regiments:
*'''[[Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own)]]'''
*'''[[Hawke's Bay Regiment]]''' (which had earlier incorporated the [[Ruahine Regiment]])
This amalgamation saw the new regiment become a TF battalion of the [[Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment]]. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the TF battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function '''battalion groups'''. The Wellington and Hawke's Bay Regiment became the 7th Wellington and Hawke's Bay Battalion Group, with the following unit types:
*[[Infantry]]
** Alpha Company, was based in Gisborne
** Bravo Company, was based at Trentham Camp in Wellington
** Charlie Company, was based in Napier
*[[Artillery]] – There was some discussion of converting 22(D) Battery, [[Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery|RNZA]] in the Wellington region into an Air Defence sub-unit
*[[Battlefield medicine|Medical]] – Now under the command of 2nd Health Services Battalion (2HSB) in Linton
*[[Logistics]]
*[[Military Band#Military bands of Oceania#New Zealand|Military Band]]
In December 2012 the regiment was amalgamated with the [[Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment|5th Wellington West Coast Taranaki Battalion Group]] to form the [[5/7 Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment]] (5/7 RNZIR).
==Battle honours==
The following battle honours were authorised to be emblazoned on the colours:<ref name=Thomas>{{cite book|title=New Zealand Army distinguishing patches, 1911-1991, part 2|last=Thomas|first=Malcolm|year=1995|pages=100–101}}</ref>
*South Africa 1900–02
*First World War: Somme 1916–18, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Sambre (Le Quesnoy), Landing at ANZAC, France and Flanders 1916–18, Chunuk Bair, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915
*Second World War: Greece 1941, Crete, Tobruk 1941, Minquar Qaim, El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, The Sangro, Cassino I, The Senio, Solomons 1942–44
==Alliances==
*{{GBR}} – [[The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)|The Highlanders]]
*{{GBR}} – [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment|The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)]]
*{{CAN}} – [[The Lincoln and Welland Regiment]]
==Freedoms==
The regiment was granted the following [[Freedom of the City|freedoms]]:<ref name=Thomas/>
*City of [[Wellington]] (1938)
*City of [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] (1957)
*City of [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]] (1979)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080109102603/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/newzealand/volmil/inf/64wellhb.htm]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/7th-Battalion-Band/232125940243529?fref=ts/ 7th Battalion Band]
[[Category:Infantry regiments of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1964]]