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• Veterans Support Amendment Bill No 2 passes third reading

  The Veterans’ Support Amendment Bill No 2 passed its third reading in the House on 30 July 2020. The Bill amends the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 and addresses a number of recommendations included in th…

• The RNZRSA is accepting applications for financial assistance

  The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association (RNZRSA) recently received a Government grant of $2million. The grant is to help provide support to serving and ex-serving members of the New Z…

• Update on the RNZRSA COVID-19 fund

  The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association (RNZRSA) received a Government grant of $2 million in September 2020. Due to the large number of applications, RNZRSA are now only accepting…

• Payment delay for clients with Australian bank accounts

  Updated 2.10pm, Tuesday 28 May 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 …

• 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…

• VAB Report — Better recognition of service people (serving and former) and their whānau

  The Minister for Veterans asked the Veterans’ Advisory Board (VAB) to provide her with advice on how New Zealand may better recognise military veterans who have served New Zealand through: developm…

• Child Care payment rates

  Weekly payment Child Care is calculated as a weekly financial support and paid: every two weeks within NZ, or every four weeks outside of NZ. All payment rates are before tax. Payment ra…

• 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. …

• We are closing early on Friday 15 November

  We are moving to a new building and will be working reduced hours for a short time. Reduced hours  We will be closing at 2:30pm on Friday 15 November.  We will be reopening at midday on M…

• Changes to the list of Statements of Principles, January 2020

  On 2 January 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 is…