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Payment dates for 2023–2024

2024 payment dates Month Payment dates within NZ Payment dates outside of NZ December Tuesday 3 Tuesday 17 Tuesday 31 Tuesday 3 Tuesday 31 What payments these dates are for The payment dates are...

Forums 2023 — Our outreach programmes

Already in 2023, we’ve met with over 600 veterans and their whānau face-to-face. We caught up at the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Manawatū Palmerston North forums. We also held two virtual forums....

Te Arataki Mental Health Framework moves ahead

Last year we released Te Arataki mō te Hauora Ngākau mō ngā Mōrehu a Tū me ō rātou Whānau : The Veteran, Family and Whānau Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy Framework — otherwise known as Te Arataki...

High Court decision about the appeal of Lieutenant Colonel Tā Harawira Gardiner’s claim

On 20 July 2023, the High Court of New Zealand released its decision about an appeal against a decision made by the Veterans’ Entitlements Appeal Board (VEAB). They directed the VEAB to consider...

Literature review on the health impacts of exposure to ionising radiation

For veterans and their families of J-Force, Operation Grapple, and Mururoa. In April 2021 the Minister for Veterans asked the Veterans’ Health Advisory Panel to review the most up-to-date information...

We'll be closed for Anzac Day on 25 April — Payments will be made early

We will be closed for the public holiday on Tuesday 25 April . You can still contact us to leave a message during this time. Contact us Payments Payments for Tuesday 25 April ...

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...

34 memorial plaques unveiled at Mount View Cemetery

Barry Rankin, a Marton resident and life member of the RSA, made it his mission to discover the final resting places of New Zealand servicemen who died while at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital. Barry...

Watch the video recording of our Online Event for New Zealand Veterans in Australia

Thank you to all those who attended the event on Wednesday 15 February. If you didn't attend or would like to catch up on it, you can view a recording of the event. Recording of the Online...

Christchurch event connects veterans and whānau

After a break of 16 months, our first face-to-face forum for veterans and whānau was held at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch in late October. More than 300 veterans and whānau came to the event...