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Treatment we fund

We take into account: the nature and severity of your condition what the generally accepted way of treating the condition is within NZ if there are other organisations within NZ that can provide...

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...

Online Cenotaph: Reflecting on 2024

The following article was written by Victoria Passau, Online Cenotaph and Enquiry Services Manager, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira: As we move through 2025, the Auckland War...

Families of those with specific service

There is specific support available depending on whether your family member served as part of Jayforce, Grapple, in Mururoa or Viet Nam. This support addresses specific conditions that could have...

Child Care payment rates

Weekly payment Child Care is calculated as a weekly financial support and paid: every two weeks within NZ, or every four weeks outside of NZ. All payment rates are before tax. Payment rates are in...

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...

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...

Paramount Services comes on board as new cleaning service

From 31 August service provider Paramount Services has been engaged by Veteran’s Affairs to provide interior house cleaning for veterans as part of the VIP Services programme. Galvin and Suzanne...

Restrictions on what you can email us

Sometimes this means that the system automatically blocks an email you send us. Reasons we might not have gotten your email An email might get blocked if: the attached files are over 15MB in size the...

From Head of Veterans' Affairs—Annual Medical Assessment for Viet Nam veterans

In recognition of the fact that Viet Nam veterans were exposed to a toxic environment during their service in Viet Nam, the Government made the decision to introduce a free yearly medical assessment...