For the first time a group of 120 officer cadets gathered in Central Hawke's Bay for an eight day intense training course that ended yesterday.
The Officer Cadet School of New Zealand is army specific and trains future officers for regular force in the army. This meant they would go on to be equipped to serve the country as full time officers.
A New Zealand Cadet Force spokesman said they previously held the training in Waikato but because the class was bigger this year they had to move to a larger township.
"The camp has gone really well, the locals have been forthcoming with ideas on where to train and they have offered up their properties, producing great settings for our exercises."
The spokesman said the bottom line was about assessing leadership.