Hi All: For access to military personnel files at Archives NZ, there is no single link. Most of the World War I and South African (Boer) War files are in series 18805, but the "permanent forces" or fulltime and some militia and territorial files are in series 7291. Also series 22525 with Red Cross workers, VAD etc as well as enquiries about New Zealanders in other forces eg Australian or British. But the series 22525 files are not full personnel files, with many of them just correspondence when someone has written to the minister or the Army asking about Joe Bloggs who is thought to be in the AIF (Australian Imperial Force) or a British unit or .. There are some files with service in WWII & WWI. With a less common surname do a simple search for the name and look for the military series section, but for a John Smith say you may need to do an advanced search and specify series 18805 and the name or surname (perhaps also series 7291 & 22525). http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/CallItemAdvancedSearch.do But most WWII files are held by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) at Trentham, along with several thousand for those in WWI or the South African War who stayed in the army (including the Territorials?) after WWI i.e. from 1 January 1921. So you will need to contact the NZDF Archives; who supply one free copy of a file per year. Supply details, though proof of death is not required for WWI veterans. http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/personnel-records/nzdf-archives/ http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/personnel-records/nzdf-archives/how-to-find-contact-us.htm Yours, John Wilson