Association Policy Control
The NZDF provides financial, logistical and training assistance to the NZCF within the limitations directed by the Government. The policy for the use of this assistance is largely established in consultation with the recognised civilian support organisations.
Such policies have been highlighted in recent times with the cancellation of co-operative field exercises between Cadet Forces and Territorial Forces units. Their widereaching control was also evident in their somewhat controversial decision to replace ceremonial drill rifles with painted wooden cutouts. The Cadet Forces' official reasoning behind such changes has been that the community no longer finds it acceptable to have 'children playing with guns' and that such changes are in line with the Cadet Forces' attempt to rebrand itself away from its military background.
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