Format:	March Contest (Music and Inspection Points)
Adjudicators:	James Kelly (Australia)
Venue:	Newtown Park, Wellington, New Zealand

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Points
1	Timaru Municipal	Frank Smith		357
2	St.Kilda Municipal	Elgar Clayton		353
3	Woolston Brass	Dave Christensen		348
4	Wellington Metropolitan Fire Brigade	R. J. de Joux		336
	Derry's Brass	N. R. Taylor
	Hawera Municipal	Harry Farrington
	Napier City	R. Mulholland
	Palmerston North City Silver	Vince Belgrave
	Roslyn Mills - Kaikorai	Norman Thorn
	Waitemata Silver	Lloyd Thorne

Nine Drill Judges operate in groups of three, each trio taking a section of the Quickstep Course.

Drum Major
Band

1. K.A. Manning
2. A. Timms
3. N. Gregg
4. R. E. Jones
5. T. Bailey
6. D. Silcock
7. J. Morgan
8. B. H. Gillies
9. A. Bines
10. L. parry