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UK government awarding medals to British Nuclear Test Veterans

In November 2022, the Government of the United Kingdom announced it would be awarding medals to all Commonwealth Armed Forces — or next of kin — involved in the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Test...

Changes to the list of Statements of Principles, September 2017

On 1 September 2017 changes will be made to the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand. The Statements of Principle are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or...

Restrictions on what you can email us

Sometimes this means that the system automatically blocks an email you send us. Reasons we might not have gotten your email An email might get blocked if: the attached files are over 15MB in size the...

Kāhui St David's: A Place of Gathering for Music and Remembrance

"At Kāhui St David’s, everyone is welcome. Whatever religion, non-religion, cultural background, ethnicity and however you identify, please feel at home here” — Paul Baragwanath, Director of Kāhui St...

Twenty years in Sudan

Since 2005, the New Zealand Defence Force has been supporting the United Nations peacekeeping missions in Sudan, both before and after the country's independence. Prior to South Sudan's independence,...

Tunnelling Company commemoration in April

A commemoration for the 110th anniversary of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company will take place at 1pm on Wednesday 15 April 2026 at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington. 2026 is the...

A Kiwi veteran: Warrant Officer Class 2 Jamie ‘Taff’ Tawhara

Warrant Officer Class 2 Jamie ‘Taff’ Tawhara (Ngāti Porou) has military service in his blood. Born in Christchurch and raised in and around Burnham and Linton Military Camps, both his parents served...

Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI)

The need for more research on Kiwi veterans has been known for a long time. The development of The Veteran, Family and Whānau Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy Framework — Te Arataki , highlighted...