Skip to main content

Story: Asian conflicts

Kayforce training, Waiōuru, 1950

Video file

The 1950 National Film Unit newsreel K-force shows an early contingent of Kayforce carrying out artillery training at Waiōuru. Kayforce was the New Zealand army contribution to Korea. This battery is training on 25-pounder guns, standard weapons of the New Zealand artillery during the Second World War.

Using this item

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: K-Force. National Film Unit, 1950

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Ian McGibbon, Asian conflicts – Kayforce, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/34522/kayforce-training-waiouru-1950 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian McGibbon, published 16 April 2012, updated 1 February 2016.