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The deployment review is closing

What is the deployment review? The Veterans' Support Act 2014 potentially changed the eligibility of some deployments that were previously not considered Qualifying Service. Qualifying Service...

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, June 2021

On 10 June 2021 changes were made to the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand. The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an injury, illness, or death is...

We'll be closed for Queen's Birthday

We'll be closed for the public holiday on Monday 7 June 2021. We will reopen on Tuesday 8 June. Payment dates Payments for Tuesday 8 June will be paid early on Friday 4 June. Payments for...

Update on the RNZRSA COVID-19 fund

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association (RNZRSA) received a Government grant of $2 million in September 2020. Due to the large number of applications, RNZRSA are now only accepting...

We'll be closed over Christmas

We will be closed from Wednesday 23 December 2020 to Tuesday 5 January 2021. Payments Payments due to be paid on Tuesday 5 January 2021 will now be paid on Thursday 31 December 2020. Payment...

Changes to the list of Statements of Principles, 10 December 2020 2020

On 10 December 2020 a change was made to the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand. The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death...

Veterans' Affairs spends $650,000 on funerals and cemetery work

We have installed nearly 700 new headstones and plaques for veterans in New Zealand this year and spent more than $650,000 overall on funerals, memorials, and maintenance work in cemeteries. We have...

Update on the deployment review

We are pleased to announce three declarations of Qualifying Operational Service. The declarations cover deployments declined before 2009 that warranted reconsideration and previously did not have...

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...