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Solomon Island veteran glad that he reached out for support

Clark Williams, 35, joined the New Zealand Army in 2003. He deployed to the Solomon Islands in 2004 as part of Operation RATA and left the Army in 2011. He now works as a chef in Canterbury and...

This year’s Veterans’ Affairs events, clinics and forums

We wanted to get out into the community and meet with veterans and their whānau. To do this we created our outreach programme. It is a programme of support events and forums held throughout New...

Veterans' Support Act 2014 and Statement of Principles

Background Before the Veterans' Support Act 2014, we used the War Pensions Act 1954 The War Pensions Act 1954 outlined the services to be provided to veterans, and the payment of pensions for injury...

Veterans' Health Advisory Panel

This panel is a statutory body established by section 254 of the Veterans' Support Act 2014. View the Veterans' Support Act 2014 (external link) The Panel: provides advice, comments, and guidelines...

Payment delay for clients with Australian bank accounts

Updated 2.15pm, Tuesday 25 June 2019 We are aware of an issue with our payment system. The issue has caused clients, who receive payments from us into an Australian bank account, to not be paid...

Change to the list of Statements of Principles, March 2021

On 5 March 2021 changes were made to the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand. The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is...

UK government awarding medals to British Nuclear Test Veterans

In November 2022, the Government of the United Kingdom announced it would be awarding medals to all Commonwealth Armed Forces — or next of kin — involved in the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Test...

Joint media release — International Ministerial (5-Eyes) Conference on Veterans' Issues

The Hon Darren Chester MP Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP Minister for...

Australian-based NZ veterans may have received a duplicate payment

There has been a bank error in the delivery of the veteran payments to Australian-based NZ veterans. On Monday night, a Westpac bank error duplicated a payment to Australian-based Veterans. Veterans’...

Changes to the list of Statements of Principles, September 2020

On 3 September 2020 changes were made to the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand. The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death...