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• Operation Radian Remembered

  The 25th anniversary of the first deployment of Kiwi Company on Op Radian, a joint task force under the UN to Bosnia, is to be held in September. Op Radian was the first major company deployment...

• Maintaining your mental wellbeing during Alert Level 4

  Sir John Kirwan, Willie Apiata VC, Dr Fiona Crichton, and WO1 Mark Mortiboy have provided advice for maintaining our mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a great resource for...

• 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...

• 25 years since NZDF deployed to the Solomon Islands

  In 1998, inter-tribal and inter-community violence in Solomon Islands had escalated and led to at least 40,000 people being displaced, and over 100 deaths. The signing...

• NZDF's Afghanistan veterans urged to seek support

  New Zealanders who have served in Afghanistan and are watching events unfolding there are urged to seek support if they feel mixed emotions about their own service. For the past 20 years, the New...

• You're invited to participate in research on the impacts of alcohol for veterans

  Ekant Veer from the University of Canterbury and his colleague Ann-Marie Kennedy are conducting research on the negative impacts that alcohol has on former NZDF personnel. As a part of research...

• Desert Road

  In 2024, a group of veterans got together to play music and inspire veterans and they became “Desert Road”. Roddy floated the idea of a veterans band to fellow veterans Tama and Vance in mid- 2024....

• 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...

• 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...

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

  On March 30 we held an online Zoom event for New Zealand veterans in Australia.  The event included guest speakers from: the Department of Veterans Affairs Australia (DVA) the New Zealand...