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• Expanded criteria for NZOSM for service in South East Asia

  A recent announcement by the Minister of Defence expanded the criteria for the New Zealand Operational Service Medal (NZOSM) for service in Southeast Asia, from 1 February 1959 to 31 January 1974...

• Watch the video recording of our Online Event for New Zealand Veterans in Australia

  Thank you to all those who attended the event on Wednesday 15 February.  If you didn't attend or would like to catch up on it, you can view a recording of the event. Recording of the Online...

• How history shapes us: commemorating the Korean War anniversary

  The following article was written by Kirsty Anderson, who was invited by Veterans' Affairs to attend and write her reflections of the commemoration....

• Bill Russell: From stamps to signaller and back again

  From beginning his career with NZ Post to initiating a veteran stamp series, and from installing a radio system for the NZ Army and then joining up, Bill Russell’s life is one of crossing paths of...

• Twenty years in Afghanistan

  NZDF’s deployment in Afghanistan was one of New Zealand’s longest-lasting. Over 3,500 New Zealanders took part in military operations and training of local army personnel and local police, but also...

• Veterans’ Affairs supports mosaic on women in wartime

  Veterans’ Affairs has supported a student-led art piece at Tauranga Girls’ College representing the role of women in wartime. The project received $3,500 funding through its Commemorative...

• Podium finishes from NZ at the 2023 Invictus Games

  The 2023 Invictus Games, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, ended on 16 September after eight days of competition. Over 550 competitors from more than 20 nations attended the games. It is the only...

• The Coastwatchers of Tarawa, Kiribati

  In October 1942, seventeen New Zealand coastwatchers on the Tarawa atoll, in the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) were murdered by the Japanese occupiers. Coastwatchers were military and civilian...

• 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...

• Statements of Principles

  Statements of Principles are a decision-making tool We use Statements of Principles to establish if a medical condition can be linked to the unique circumstances of a person's qualifying...