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It ranks between cadet warrant officer and ensign NZCF pilot officer NZCF or second lieutenant NZCF, thus making it the highest rank a cadet can reach. Not actually itself a cadet rank.
It ranks between cadet warrant officer and ensign NZCF pilot officer NZCF or second lieutenant NZCF, thus making it the highest rank a cadet can reach, although not actually itself a cadet rank.