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Twenty years in Sudan

Since 2005, the New Zealand Defence Force has been supporting the United Nations peacekeeping missions in Sudan, both before and after the country's independence. Prior to South Sudan's independence,...

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...

Change to the list of Statements of Principles and accepted late-onset conditions, September 2022

Statements of Principles The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related. The Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2022 brought...

Lives lost during pandemic more than 100 years ago honoured by NZDF

When members of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles returned to Gallipoli in 1918 to recover and bury their dead, they faced a new enemy in the form of influenza. More than 104 years on and in the shadow...

Hearing aid schedule of fees

Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand (VA) has set this schedule of fees to be effective from 11 September 2023 . This schedule covers the assessment, trial, and fitting of hearing aids. Veterans' Affairs...

VAB Report: Recognition of service people through burial and memorialisation

This report sets out the principles that the Veterans' Advisory Board (Board) considers should underpin the recognition of service in New Zealand through the burial and memorialisation of service...

Read the answers to some questions from the Online Event for NZ Veterans in Australia

The presenters of the event were invited to answer questions from our veteran community. These questions focus on New Zealand veterans who are living in Australia. We have transcribed the questions...

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...

An adventurer not retiring anytime soon: Malayan Emergency veteran Neil Ake

Neil Ake (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Maru) joined the New Zealand Army in the late 1950s because he wanted to see the world. It wasn’t the first time he had a longing for...

Minister announces boost for services to veterans and their families

Minister for Veterans Ron Mark has today announced additional funding to support the wellbeing of New Zealand’s veterans and their families. The funding will go towards health and wellbeing...