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  • Get support
    The support you may be able to get depends on your circumstances.
    Currently serving
    While serving, the NZDF will take care of your health and wellbeing issues. If you have qualifying service, we may be able to provide you with home help. Register now with Veterans’ Affairs, and when you need some support, we’ll be ready to help you.
    Ex-serving
    We can provide you with health, rehabilitation and financial support if you have a condition related to your service. We can also provide home help assistance and financial support for you to commemorate your service.
    Family and whānau
    How we can support you, your family and whānau.
    Non-military personnel
    Non-military personnel can have Qualifying Operational Service in certain circumstances.
    A-Z list of services and entitlements
    View all of the services and entitlements available to qualifying veterans and their family and whānau.
  • Remembrance
    We're proud to honour the service of the veteran community.
    Services Cemeteries and plaques and headstones
    We help look after Services Cemeteries. We're also able to contribute towards plaques and headstones.
    Commemorative funding
    There are two types of financial contributions available from the Commemorative Fund.
    Medals and service records
    The NZ Defence Force's Personnel Archives and Medals team ​administer medals and hold most New Zealand military service records.
    ​When someone dies
    We may be able to provide support when someone who had Qualifying Service dies.
    Your family's military history
    Learning more about your family's military history is a great way to honour their service.
    Certificate of Appreciation and Veterans' Pins
    The Certificate of Appreciation and Veteran's Pin recognise operational service.
    NZ Post Stamps
    This series of stamps explores the stories of 6 veterans deployed after 1995. You can purchase the stamps on the NZ Post website.
  • Eligibility
    To be eligible to receive support from us, you — or certain family members — need to have Qualifying Service.
    Check your eligibility
    Check the support, services, or entitlements you may be able to get from us.
    Qualifying Service
    To get support from us you — or certain family members — need to have Qualifying Service.
    Living outside NZ
    You can still get support from us even if you live outside NZ.
    Eligibility criteria for family and dependants
    You may be able to get support if you're the spouse, partner, child or dependant of someone with Qualifying Service.
    Veterans of foreign militaries
    Veterans' Affairs New Zealand was established to support New Zealand veterans.
  • For clients
    We put veterans and our clients at the heart of everything we do.
    If you have a question at any stage, please contact us — we're here to help.
    How we'll work with you
    We'll work with you to help you get the best support available.
    Your treatment card
    Your treatment card helps you get no-cost treatment and medication for your approved conditions.
    Your rights and responsibilities
    ​We want to make sure you have the best possible experience when you deal with us.
    Payments
    Information on payment rates and dates.
    How we make decisions
    We use a number of tools and processes to make decisions. This helps ensure each decision we make is fair and treats our clients consistently.​
    Living outside NZ
    You can still get support from us even if you live outside NZ.
    Other benefits
    You may be able to access a range of discounts and benefits. Not only that, your family may get access too.
    Information about claims
    Information on processing times, how to make a claim, and what happens next.
  • For providers
    Information for providers of services to Veterans' Affairs and our clients.
    Treatment cards and letters
    To help you identify our clients, we issue treatment cards and letters.
    Invoicing us
    How to invoice us to ensure we pay you quickly and correctly.
    Treating our clients
    Information for healthcare professionals providing treatment to our clients.
    Councils and local authorities
    Guidance for councils and local authorities relating to services cemeteries and memorials
    Forms
    Forms for our clients, family and whānau, and our providers.
    Audiologists
    Schedules of fees, invoicing and application instructions, and information for treating hearing needs.
    How military service affects the health of veterans
    Veterans can experience physical and mental health conditions disproportionately compared to the general public. Different NZDF 'operations' may be linked to higher rates of specific conditions. Understanding a veteran's service can help you to understand their health.
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Forms

Forms for our clients, family and whānau, and our providers.

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Most popular forms

Form to use: When you served: Number
Disablement Pension application form [PDF, 1.4 MB] Before 1 April 1974 or in Viet Nam VA01
Veteran Support application form [PDF, 1 MB] After 31 March 1974 VA56

Recently updated

Form Date updated Number
Treatment Recommendation for Private Hospital Surgery form [PDF, 200 KB] March 2025 VA75
New Business Supplier Form [PDF, 101 KB] February 2025 VA67
Genetic Services for Children of Viet Nam Jayforce Grapple Mururoa Veterans [PDF, 556 KB] January 2025 VA69

Forms for clients

Application form Number
Appeal against Review Decision [PDF, 376 KB]  
Appointment of a Representative [PDF, 751 KB] VA55
Approved Travel for Assessments, Treatment, Rehabilitation [PDF, 551 KB] VA23
Change of Circumstances [PDF, 536 KB] VA52
Childcare payment for Children of a Deceased Veteran (Scheme Two) [PDF, 484 KB] VA48
Children’s Bursary [PDF, 791 KB] VA08
Children’s Pension [PDF, 617 KB] VA06
Counselling for Children of Veterans [PDF, 358 KB]  
Dependant’s Pension [PDF, 709 KB] VA07
Disablement Pension [PDF, 1.4 MB] VA01
Disablement Pension and Lump Sum Payment Maximum rate for terminal condition [PDF, 503 KB] VA03
Discretionary Veterans' Independence Programme (VIP) Services [PDF, 452 KB] VA72
Employment and Earnings Declaration [PDF, 532 KB] VA51
Financial Advice [PDF, 504 KB] VA49
Funding for Commemorative Event or Project [PDF, 570 KB] VA24
Funding for Commemorative Travel [PDF, 809 KB] VA20
Funeral Expenses [PDF, 914 KB] VA14
Genetic Services for Children of Viet Nam Jayforce Grapple Mururoa Veterans [PDF, 556 KB] VA69
Independence Allowance Lump Sum (Scheme Two) [PDF, 565 KB] VA34
Memorial Contribution (Plaque or Headstone) [PDF, 482 KB] VA29B
Memorial Order Form (Plaque or Headstone) [PDF, 492 KB] VA29A
Personal Information and Consent Form [PDF, 910 KB] VACON
Private Hospital Surgery [PDF, 755 KB] VA26
Reconsider Decision [PDF, 635 KB] VA15
Registration of Deceased Spouses and Partners of Viet Nam Veterans’ [PDF, 639 KB]  
Registration of Deceased Viet Nam Veterans [PDF, 451 KB]  
Registration of the Deceased Children of Viet Nam Veterans’ [PDF, 435 KB]  
Registration of Viet Nam Veterans [PDF, 439 KB]  
Registration of Viet Nam Veterans’ Children and Grandchildren [PDF, 442 KB]  
Registration of Viet Nam Veterans’ Spouses and Partners [PDF, 428 KB]  
Retirement Lump Sum [PDF, 583 KB] VA13
Review of Decision [PDF, 925 KB] VA16
Skin Cancer — Claim for Private Specialist Treatment form [PDF, 657 KB] VA62
Statutory Declaration [PDF, 258 KB]  
Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension [PDF, 837 KB] VA05
Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension—New Relationship (Scheme One) [PDF, 549 KB] VA18
Survivor’s Grant and Weekly Compensation [PDF, 613 KB] VA47
Transfer to a Disablement Pension [PDF, 308 KB] VA1A
Travel Concession Payment [PDF, 504 KB] VA40
Travel Concession Dispensation from the Normal Evidential Requirements [PDF, 238 KB]  
Travel—Long Term Hospital Care [PDF, 527 KB] VA33
Travel Statutory Declaration [PDF, 282 KB]  
Treatment and Rehabilitation [PDF, 671 KB] VA30
Treatment Expenses (other) [PDF, 592 KB] VA22B
Treatment Expenses (vet) [PDF, 587 KB] VA22A
Veteran Support [PDF, 1 MB] VA56
Viet Nam Veterans Annual Medical Assessment (AMA) [PDF, 711 KB]  
Weekly Income Compensation [PDF, 2.4 MB] VA04

Forms for providers

Form  Number 
Further Counselling Treatment Request Whānau — Provider [PDF, 301 KB]  
Further Treatment Request — Provider [PDF, 279 KB]  
Initial Assessment and Treatment Request — Provider [PDF, 290 KB] VA66
Initial Counselling Treatment Request Whānau — Provider [PDF, 335 KB]  
Medical Certificate for Capacity to Work — Provider [PDF, 305 KB]  
New Business Supplier Form [PDF, 101 KB] VA67
Skin Cancer — Claim for Private Specialist Treatment form [PDF, 657 KB] VA62
Treatment Recommendation for Private Hospital Surgery form [PDF, 200 KB] VA75

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Last Modified: 1 July 2024
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