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• Phil and the General

  Phil Wallace (90 years), of Miramar Wellington, who served in Korea (Kayforce) in the New Zealand Army between 1955 and 1957, was recently invited to meet with GEN Xavier T. Brunson at the US...

• Introducing Sharon Cavanagh, your new Manager Veterans’ Services

  VA News sat down with Sharon Cavanagh, our new Manager Veterans’ Services, at the end of her first month at Veterans’ Affairs. VA News : Kia ora Sharon, welcome to Veterans’ Affairs. How’s your first...

• Honouring a whanau’s military history

  Kō ngā tapuwae o inanahi, hei tauira mō āpōpō. The footsteps laid down by our ancestors centuries ago, create the paving stones upon which we stand today. Lorraine Hetaraka (Ngāti Kahu, Te...

• WAI2500 | An interview with Lieutenant Colonel Martin Dransfield, ONZM

  The Waitangi Tribunal Wai 2500 Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry was initiated in September 2014. Kaupapa inquiries deal with nationally significant issues affecting Māori as a whole. This kauapa...

• From the Minister for Veterans—Winter 2018

  Hon Ron Mark, Minister for Veterans You will have noticed a lot happening in the veteran sector since the previous issue of VA News. Like you, I was very keen to see Professor Ron Paterson’s report...

• Chat with Pat—Winter 2018

  Pat Povey is a familiar reassuring face—or voice—to many who interact with Veterans’ Affairs. Starting off as a Case Manager, she later became a Case Management Team Leader. Pat is now the Manager...

• Air Force veteran and New Zealand’s oldest person passes away

  It is with sadness that we learnt of the passing of Ron Hermanns earlier this week — a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) veteran of the Second World War and New Zealand's oldest person. Mr Hermanns...

• In her own words: Warrant Officer Class 2 Kirsty Meynell

  “As a female service person the struggle is real. I am a veteran, I am female, I’ve seen the horror, yet I am still reprimanded by people for wearing my father’s medals on the wrong side of my chest....

• Genetic counselling for children of Jayforce, Grapple, and Mururoa veterans

  In 2023, New Zealand's independent Veterans' Health Advisory Panel commissioned a literature review on the health risks associated with nuclear exposure. Families of those who could have been exposed...

• Anzac Day Amendment Bill is open for public submissions

  On 3 April, an amendment bill to update the Anzac Day Act 1966 passed its first reading in Parliament. The  1966 Act recognises and commemorates all those who served in six named conflicts from...