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The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related. On 9 May 2024, 22 replacement Statements of Principles and 6 new Statements of...

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...

Mentioned in Despatches

In February the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, made formal presentations to veterans of the Vietnam War who were Mentioned in Despatches (MID). The presentations...

The latest Veteran's Pension rate 2026

Veteran's Pension is a payment every two weeks, similar to NZ Superannuation but with some additional benefits. Veteran's Pension is administered and paid by the Ministry of Social Development — not...

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...

War Disablement Pension payment rates

Weekly payment War Disablement Pension is calculated as a weekly financial support and paid: every two weeks within NZ, or every four weeks outside of NZ. Payment dates About the War Disablement...

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,...

Change to the list of Statements of Principles, January 2022

On 20 January 2022 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...