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More entitlements and support for children of Jayforce and Mururoa veterans

Veterans’ Affairs has moved to ensure access to more support for the children of Jayforce and Mururoa veterans. Nuclear radiation is a risk that New Zealand service people have been exposed to on...

Literature review on the health impacts of exposure to ionising radiation

For veterans and their families of J-Force, Operation Grapple, and Mururoa. In April 2021 the Minister for Veterans asked the Veterans’ Health Advisory Panel to review the most up-to-date information...

Update on the deployment review

We are pleased to announce three declarations of Qualifying Operational Service. The declarations cover deployments declined before 2009 that warranted reconsideration and previously did not have...

A digital space to share memories, celebrate lives and acknowledge loss

Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Online Cenotaph turns 25 The Online Cenotaph is a resource of more than 255,000 records spanning 40 conflicts. The public can contribute their own...

Recommendations from the Paterson Report

Update on recommendations as of April 2021. More focus on the needs of veterans Recommendation Status 1. The Act is amended so Veterans’ Affairs has more flexibility to meet individual and...

Research about New Zealand's nuclear veterans

Events, research, and reports are displayed chronologically from oldest to most recent. Jump to the most recent report Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the occupation of Japan Dropping of atomic bombs,...

Saving her team and their families — Dr Ellen Nelson

Dr Ellen Nelson and her team spent 10 months to get her former Afghan team members and their families out of Afghanistan after the country had fallen. Ellen joined the New Zealand Army in 2003 as an...

Rehabilitation strategy launched

Minister for Veterans Hon Ron Mark hosted a function at Parliament on 23 May to launch New Zealand’s first strategy that sets out how rehabilitation services will be offered to veterans. Veterans’...

Behind the scenes: "Finding Our Way Back To Ourselves"

To encourage veterans to apply for support, Veterans’ Affairs has produced the strong and emotional video, “Finding our way back to ourselves”. It features three veterans who deployed to Afghanistan...

Seeking applications for the C Company representative on the Ngarimu 28th (Māori) Battalion Scholarship Fund Board

On behalf of the Board Chair, Hon Kelvin Davis, Associate Minister of Education, the Ministry of Education are seeking expressions of interest from people qualified for appointment to this Board. Due...