The 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 . The Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment became the 2nd Canterbury (Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Battalion Group, with the following unit types:
- Infantry - North Canterbury Company, South Canterbury Company, Nelson Company, Marlborough Company, West Coast Company
- Artillery - 32 (Observation Post) Battery, RNZA
- Engineers - Support Company
- Medical
- Signals - Support Company
- Logistics - Logistics Company
- Brass Band
- (the regiment perpetuates the battle honours awarded to the 23rd, 26th, 30th and 37th Battalions, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force)
- ---South Africa 1900-02
- ---First World War: Somme 1916,1918, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Passchendalle, Hindenburg Line, France and Flanders 1916-18, ANZAC, Gallipoli 1915, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915-16
- ---Second World War: Greece 1941, Crete, Sidi Rezegh, Minquar Qaim, El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, Orsogna, Cassino I, The Senio, South Pacific 1942-44
- ---Second World War (awarded to NZEF Battalions): Solomons, Vella Lavella, Green Islands, South Pacific 1942-44
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