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• Art in Recovery Workshop helps service personnel and families

  It’s hoped the recent New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Art in Recovery Workshop will be the first of many. Veterans’ Affairs and the RSA sponsored the free, two-day event in Christchurch, which was...

• Anzac Day Amendment Bill is open for public submissions

  On 3 April, an amendment bill to update the Anzac Day Act 1966 passed its first reading in Parliament. The  1966 Act recognises and commemorates all those who served in six named conflicts from...

• Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM

  Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua on 7 November, aged 99. Sir Robert (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahungunu), who was known as Tā...

• Public Advisory: Potential historic radiation exposure at McMurdo Station

  Updated:  22 May 2025 As a part of Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. Navy maintained a small nuclear power plant at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from 1962 to 1979. McMurdo Station and the site...

• Te Arataki: Social Wellbeing Agency analysis of our veteran population

  The Social Wellbeing Agency carried out an analysis of the veteran population using data from the Statistics New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure. Their work has come about from their...

• Reflections from Gallipoli — Hon. Meka Whaitiri

  "I was honoured to represent New Zealand at the Anzac Day commemorative events in Gallipoli. They had been cancelled for the past two years because of COVID-19, so it was very special to pick up the...

• Postponement of veterans' forum in Christchurch

  Many of you will be aware that we have been working on our next veterans’ face-to-face forum, which we hoped to bring to Christchurch on 14 February 2022. Your safety and that of your whānau and...

• Bill Russell: From stamps to signaller and back again

  From beginning his career with NZ Post to initiating a veteran stamp series, and from installing a radio system for the NZ Army and then joining up, Bill Russell’s life is one of crossing paths of...

• This year’s Veterans’ Affairs events, clinics and forums

  We wanted to get out into the community and meet with veterans and their whānau. To do this we created our outreach programme. It is a programme of support events and forums held throughout New...

• Annual Medical Assessment

  Who can get this You may be able to get an Annual Medical Assessment (AMA) if you have Qualifying Operational Service in Viet Nam. Qualifying Operational Service explained What you can get This...