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• Commemorative Fund supports Vietnam Veterans’ Day

  The idea of commemorating the Battle of Long Tan in South Vietnam began over a few beers. Shortly after those beers Chris Gunn (a veteran of Whiskey 1 Company) and a small committee began to organise...

• Family support key for Invictus Games team

  The New Zealand Defence Force Invictus Games Sydney 2018 team has returned home a different team to the one that crossed the ditch for the October event.  The people are the same but the...

• Living with the effects of Timor: Former Army Captain Jamie Lynch

  Former Army Captain Jamie Lynch’s deployment to Timor-Leste in September 1999 was also his last. His experiences in Timor-Leste have had a deep and profound impact on nearly every aspect of his life...

• 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...

• Commonwealth and allied country plaque and headstone funding

  Background As of 1 July 2016, we ceased our previous practice of funding plaques and headstones for Commonwealth and Allied veterans. This includes funding remakes of plaques and headstones to add...

• 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...

• 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 to make a claim

  If you have an injury or health condition that you think relates to your qualifying service, we may be able to help.  Qualifying service explained  Conditions we cover How we determine if...

• 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...

• Willie Apiata appointed Special Representative to NZDF

  New Zealand’s only living recipient of the Victoria Cross, Willie Apiata, has been appointed a Special Representative to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and promoted to Honorary Warrant Officer...