This is a list of regiments that went to New Zealand in that time period ... and George said "allied himself with the New Zealand colonists in their struggle with the natives" ....
I imagine he'd be with the cavalry .... but ...... how to find out ... that's the question ??
British Units that served in New Zealand
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot - 1st Battalion served 1860 - 1866
14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot - 2nd Battalion served 1860 - 1867
18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot - 2nd Battalion served 1863 - 1870
40th (Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot - Served 1860 - 1866
43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry - Served 1863 - 1866
50th (Queens Own) Regiment of Foot - Served 1863 - 1866
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot - Served 1860 - 1866
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot - Served 1845 - 1858
65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot - Served 1846 - 1865
68th (Durham) Light Infantry - Served 1864 - 1866
70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot - Served 1863 - 1866
80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot - Served 1840 - 1845
96th Regiment of Foot - Served 1841 - 1847
99th (Lanarkshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot - Served 1845 - 1847
Royal Artillery - Various detachments served 1845 - 1870 (from 1861 mainly 4th Brigade - C and I Batteries). Also served as cavalry in Taranaki and the Waikato.
Royal Corps of Sappers and Miners - Served from 1835. In 1857 the Corps became the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers - mainly 6th Company. Served until 1870, although most left in 1866.
Army Medical Department - Served 1860 - 1866
Army Hospital Corps - Served 1861 - 1870
Commissariat Staff Corps - Served 1861 - 1870
Puveyor's Department
Chaplain's Department
Military Train and Horse Transport Corps - 4th Battalion. Served 1861 - 1866. Served as cavalry, most notably Nukumaru, as well as transport and supply.
Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery - Serving on various Royal Navy ships. Served 1769, 1845 - 46, 1860, 1863 - 64
Naval Brigade - Men from various Royal Navy and E.I.C. ships - Served 1845 - 1846, 1860 - 1864
Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps (military Pensioners) - four settlements established south of Auckland 1847-48
Colonial Forces of the Period 1840 - 1865
Wellington Militia - involved in fighting in 1846
New Plymouth Militia - established 1855, became Taranaki Militia in 1858. Fought in Taranaki 1860-61, most notably Waireka.
Taranaki Volunteer Rifles - fought in Taranaki 1860-61, most notably Waireka and Mahoetahi.
Napier Militia - established 1859
Wairarapa Militia - established 1860
Wanganui Militia - established 1860
Rangitikei Militia - established 1864
Auckland Militia - established 1843
Waikato Militia - established 1863 - four regiments, mostly recruited in Australia
New Zealand Forest Rangers - volunteers - established 1863 - two companies
Colonial Defence Force Cavalry
