1ST BATTALION ROYAL NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY REGIMENT 1957-2007 commemorates the service of the Battalion both nationally and internationally and reflects upon the excellent leadership, training systems and innate soldiering abilities which have earned New Zealand's Army an international reputation for producing extraordinary light infantry personnel. This book should be widely read by not only those that have served or are serving, but by the New Zealand public who are interested in how 1RNZIR has served our nation.