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Entitlements, services, and support

About the Entitlements, services, and support page This section of our website contains information on all the entitlements, services, and support we offer. Eligibility for some of these will depend...

Change to the list of Statements of Principles and accepted late-onset conditions, September 2022

Statements of Principles The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related. The Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2022 brought...

Changes to the list of Statements of Principles and names of conditions, August 2021

On 5 August 2021 changes were made to: the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand the list of accepted late-onset conditions. Statements of Principles The Statements of...

Change to the list of Statements of Principles and accepted late-onset conditions, January 2023

Statements of Principles The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related. On Thursday 12 January, 24 replacement Statements of...

How to make a claim for a condition not explained by a Statement of Principle (section 15)

View this page as a two-page PDF [PDF, 280 KB] The Statement of Principles reflect the current and most up-to-date scientific consensus about the causes of a service-related health condition. We...

What to do if you receive a scam call or email

During this time, it’s important to look out for each other. New Zealand is seeing an increase in scam calls and emails during Alert Level 4 (Eliminate) so it’s important that you know what to do if...

Change to the list of Statements of Principles and accepted late-onset conditions, October 2024

The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness, or death is service-related. On 31 October 2024, 22 replacement Statements of Principles and four new Statements of...

An adventurer not retiring anytime soon: Malayan Emergency veteran Neil Ake

Neil Ake (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Maru) joined the New Zealand Army in the late 1950s because he wanted to see the world. It wasn’t the first time he had a longing for...

NZDF research reveals thousands of Second World War campaign medals were never claimed by veterans

For the first time since the 1950s, in-depth research has been carried out into how many Second World War campaign medals awarded to ex-serving New Zealand veterans were never claimed, and what may...