Order of Precedence of New Zealand Volunteer Corps (as at July 1903 — giving dates of acceptance) Mounted Rifle Volunteers |
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| 1 | Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry | 13 February 1866 |
| 2 | Alexandra Mounted Rifles | 8 December 1868 |
| 3 | Wairoa Mounted Rifles | 10 February 1871 |
| 4 | Otago Hussars | 1 January 1883 |
| 5 | Heretaunga Mounted Rifles | 1 January 1885 |
| 6 | Canterbury Mounted Rifles (Christchurch) | 11 April 1885 |
| 7 | Marlborough Mounted Rifles | 8 May 1885 |
| 8 | Hawera Mounted Rifles | 31 July 1885 |
| 9 | North Otago Mounted Rifles (Oamaru) | 22 January 1887 |
| 10 | No. 1 Company Waikato Mounted Rifles (Hamilton) | 22 March 1887 |
| 11 | Manawatu Mounted Rifles (Palmerston North) | 28 May 1891 |
| 12 | Piako Mounted Rifles | 15 September 1892 |
| 13 | Southland Mounted Rifles (Invercargill) | 23 December 1895 |
| 14 | Clutha Mounted Rifles (Balclutha) | 2 June 1898 |
| 15 | No. 2 Company Waikato Mounted Rifles (Te Awamutu) | 28 July 1898 |
| 16 | Ellesmere Mounted Rifles (Leeston) | 5 August 1898 |
| 17 | South Canterbury Mounted Rifles (Timaru) | 20 September 1898 |
| 18 | Auckland Mounted Rifles | 31 October 1898 |
| 19 | No. 3 Company Waikato Mounted Rifles (Cambridge) | 28 October 1899 |
| 20 | Wairarapa Mounted Rifles (Papawai) | 19 August 1899 |
| 21 | Kaikoura Mounted Rifles | 28 October 1899 |
| 22 | Mataura Mounted Rifles | 2 February 1900 |
| 23 | East Coast Mounted Rifles (Gisborne) | 6 February 1900 |
| 24 | Wakatu Mounted Rifles (Nelson) | 10 March 1900 |
| 25 | Ashburton Mounted Rifles | 20 March 1900 |
| 26 | Stratford Mounted Rifles | 27 March 1900 |
| 27 | Pahiatua Mounted Rifles | 5 April 1900 |
| 28 | Marsden Mounted Rifles (Whangarei) | 5 April 1900 |
| 29 | Takaka Mounted Rifles | 5 April 1900 |
| 30 | South Wairarapa Mounted Rifles (Carterton) | 5 April 1900 |
| 31 | Horowhenua Mounted Rifles | 11 April 1900 |
| 32 | Otaki Mounted Rifles | 11 April 1900 |
| 33 | Malvern Mounted Rifles (Waddington) | 11 April 1900 |
| 34 | Amuri Mounted Rifles (Waiau) | 11 April 1900 |
| 35 | Maniototo Mounted Rifles (Ranfurly) | 11 April 1900 |
| 36 | Opunaki Mounted Rifles | 11 April 1900 |
| 37 | Ruahine Mounted Rifles (Dannevirke) | 11 April 1900 |
| 38 | Pukekohe Mounted Rifles | 11 April 1900 |
| 39 | Hawke’s Bay Mounted Rifles (Hastings) | 11 April 1900 |
| 40 | Waimakiriri Mounted Rifles (West Melton) | 14 April 1900 |
| 41 | Cust Mounted Rifles | 6 May 1900 |
| 42 | Ahuriri Mounted Rifles (Napier) | 8 May 1900 |
| 43 | Mackenzie Mounted Rifles (Fairlie) | 8 May 1900 |
| 44 | North Canterbury Mounted Rifles (Tuahiwi) | 8 May 1900 |
| 45 | Studholme Mounted Rifles (Waimate) | 9 May 1900 |
| 46 | Seddon Horse Mounted Rifles (Auckland) | 9 May 1900 |
| 47 | Franklin Mounted Rifles (Clevedon) | 16 May 1900 |
| 48 | Tuapeka Mounted Rifles (Lawrence) | 28 June 1900 |
| 49 | Otamatea Mounted Rifles (Maungaturoto) | 10 September 1900 |
| 50 | Tauranga Mounted Rifles (Tauranga) | 10 September 1900 |
| 51 | Waiuku Mounted Rifles (Waiuku) | 10 September 1900 |
| 52 | Raglan Mounted Rifles (Raglan) | 10 September 1900 |
| 53 | Hokianga Mounted Rifles (Waimamaku) | 10 September 1900 |
| 54 | Mangonui Mounted Rifles (Mangonui) | 10 September 1900 |
| 55 | Taieri Mounted Rifles (Outram) | 10 September 1900 |
| 56 | Eketahuna Mounted Rifles (Eketahuna) | 10 September 1900 |
| 57 | Motueka Mounted Rifles | 10 September 1900 |
| 58 | Opotiki Mounted Rifles | 10 September 1900 |
| 59 | Wakatipu Mounted Rifles (Arrowtown) | 10 September 1900 |
| 60 | Hunterville Mounted Rifles | 10 September 1900 |
| 61 | Whakatane Mounted Rifles | 10 September 1900 |
| 62 | Egmont Mounted Rifles (Okato) | 10 September 1900 |
| 63 | Kelso Mounted Rifles | 10 September 1900 |
| 64 | Huramua Mounted Rifles (Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay) | 10 September 1900 |
| 65 | Masterton Mounted Rifles | 10 September 1900 |
| 66 | Northern Wairoa Mounted Rifles (Aratapu) | 22 October 1900 |
| 67 | Geraldine Mounted Rifles | 9 December 1900 |
| 68 | Murihiku Mounted Rifles (Wyndham) | 26 March 1901 |
| 69 | Wallace Mounted Rifles (Nightcaps) | 13 April 1901 |
| 70 | Feilding Mounted Rifles | 27 July 1901 |
| 71 | Waitaki Mounted Rifles (Oamaru) | 20 August 1901 |
| 72 | Rodney Mounted Rifles (Warkworth) | 6 March 1902 |