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

The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related. On 27 June 2024, 20 replacement Statements of Principles and 16 new Statements of...

Vietnam Veterans’ Association’s MOU with the Crown remains a living document

It’s almost 18 years since representatives of Vietnam veterans signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Crown. This MOU summarised all the actions that New Zealand undertook to do to recognise...

How we treat your information and privacy

Your privacy is important to us We value the privacy of information that we receive. We follow best practices to comply with the Privacy Act 2020. Read more about the Privacy Act 2020 (external link)...

Funding awarded from the Veterans' Medical Research Trust Fund

Research currently underway The Panel has agreed to fund the following research proposals, and the research projects are now underway. 2025 / 2026 funding round Dr Amanda Eng Professor Jeroen...

The Veterans' Advisory Board wants your feedback

Are we doing enough for those who serve in our military? New Zealanders across the country honoured our military service personnel by standing in their driveways in a show of respect and support this...

From the Head of Veterans' Affairs—Winter 2018

Tēnā koutou katoa It has certainly been an eventful start to 2018. In my last message, I mentioned that we would be conducting our annual client survey. This was rolled out by an...

Veteran's stories collected at the Online Cenotaph — Submissions welcome

Since relaunching in 2015, the Online Cenotaph has developed a resource of over 130 Cenotaph Stories. These range from interviews with living veterans, articles acknowledging commemorative events...

Determine if someone qualifies for burial in a services cemetery

Councils are responsible for determining if a veteran — or their spouse or partner — qualifies for burial in a services cemetery. There are two steps to determine eligibility: Get a statement of...

Behind the scenes: "Finding Our Way Back To Ourselves"

To encourage veterans to apply for support, Veterans’ Affairs has produced the strong and emotional video, “Finding our way back to ourselves”. It features three veterans who deployed to Afghanistan...

Commemoration of 50 years since HMNZS OTAGO sails to protest French nuclear tests

It was recently the 50th anniversary of New Zealand’s protests against nuclear testing in the Pacific. The Mururoa Nuclear Veterans Group Inc. hosted a commemoration of 50 years since the...