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• Support for a New Zealand Veteran in Australia

  The following is a personal experience written by Rob Hitchings  After joining the New Zealand Army in 1977, I enjoyed a diverse and rewarding 34 year military career. Following my studies at...

• How applications for hearing loss work

  Step 1 The veteran makes an application for hearing loss, tinnitus, or both The veteran applies for hearing loss using either the Disablement Pension Application form or the Veteran Support...

• Last man out of Freetown: Lieutenant Colonel John Dyer’s experiences in Sierra Leone

  Lieutenant Colonel (retired) John Dyer, NZGD, was born in Gisborne and joined the New Zealand Army in 1981. He trained as an officer and served for 20 years. Together with training deployments to...

• Having trouble hearing? Get it checked

  My stubbornness had gotten in the way. It wasn’t until a colleague told me she had been talking to me and that I had not heard her that I knew I needed to address my hearing.   I had not been...

• Change to the list of Statements of Principles, February 2022

  On 11 February 2022 changes were made to the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand. Statements of Principles The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an...

• Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension

  Who can get this You may be able to get a Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension if your spouse or partner has passed away. One of the these conditions must also be met: They had undertaken qualifying...

• Genetic counselling for children of Jayforce, Grapple, and Mururoa veterans

  In 2023, New Zealand's independent Veterans' Health Advisory Panel commissioned a literature review on the health risks associated with nuclear exposure. Families of those who could have been exposed...

• 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...

• Update on the RNZRSA COVID-19 fund

  The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association (RNZRSA) received a Government grant of $2 million in September 2020. Due to the large number of applications, RNZRSA are now only accepting...

• Travel for Visitors of Veterans in Long Term Hospital Care

  Who can get this You may be able to get this if you're related to someone with Qualifying Service who has been in hospital longer than 28 consecutive days. You must be their: spouse or partner child...