Editing Slouch hat (section)

===New Zealand===
[[File:Hat, slouch (AM 1995.168.1-3).jpg|thumb|New Zealand Mounted Rifles Hat (without cap badge)]]
The NZ version of the slouch hat currently worn by the various corps and regiments of the [[New Zealand Army]] is known as the "Mounted Rifles Hat". The puggaree is always khaki-green-khaki, the original Mounted Rifles puggaree, with only the badge denoting the wearer's Regimental affiliation. Dating from the early 1900s, it was reintroduced for wear by Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles in the mid-1990s, but in 2000 its issue was broadened to all Corps for wear with [[New Zealand Army#Dress|working dress]] (influenced by such use by QAMR) as well as with service dress. As an alternative to the typical NZ army [[Campaign hat|"lemon squeezer"]], the NZ Mounted Rifles Hat is worn on all but the most important occasions, where the lemon squeezer takes precedence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mil.nz/our-army/structure/uniforms/ceremonial-service-dress.htm|title=Ceremonial Service Dress|publisher=New Zealand Army|access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref> The slouch hat predates the introduction of the lemon squeezer hat (which did not appear until after the Boer War) and is worn brim down. Historic photographs indicate the brim to have been worn up in the Australian style on occasion.<ref name="diggerhistory.info" /> The term 'bush hat' is also associated with New Zealand culture such as the Bushman, [[Southern man]] and [[man alone]] stereotypes. 

The [[New Zealand Police]] wear a variant of the bush hat in navy blue, normally in rural areas. Considered obsolete as main dress, it is now rarely worn instead of the standard peaked cap or recently (2021) introduced [[baseball cap]].