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• Update on 2018 funding applications for Vietnam veteran research

  On 16 August 2018 the Veterans’ Health Advisory Panel (the Panel) sought applications from New Zealand-based researchers interested in undertaking research projects or a programme relating to the inte…

• Determine if someone qualifies for burial in a services cemetery

  Councils are responsible for determining if a veteran — or their spouse or partner — qualifies for burial in a services cemetery. There are two steps to determine eligibility: Get a statement of s…

• Public Advisory: Potential historic radiation exposure at McMurdo Station

  Updated:  22 May 2025 As a part of Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. Navy maintained a small nuclear power plant at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from 1962 to 1979. McMurdo Station and the sit…

• Donate objects to the National Army Museum

  Since the 1970s, people have been entrusting their tangible history of service in the New Zealand Army to the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa (NAM). The museum’s collection is almost entirely compris…

• Medals

  Apply for your own medals If you're currently a member of the NZ Defence Force You're not required to apply for medals you have re…

• Viet Nam veteran ex gratia update for March — Information for spouses

  Ex gratia payments to surviving spouses where the veteran partner died on or prior to 1 November 2018 and had a diagnosis of MGUS or hypertension On 30 November 2021, it was announced that two new …

• Kāhui St David's: A Place of Gathering for Music and Remembrance

  "At Kāhui St David’s, everyone is welcome. Whatever religion, non-religion, cultural background, ethnicity and however you identify, please feel at home here” — Paul Baragwanath, Director of Kāhui St …

• Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension

  Who can get this You may be able to get a Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension if your spouse or partner has passed away. One of the the…

• From Head of Veterans' Affairs—Annual Medical Assessment for Viet Nam veterans

  In recognition of the fact that Viet Nam veterans were exposed to a toxic environment during their service in Viet Nam, the Government made the decision to introduce a free yearly medical assessment f…

• Commemorative Travel Contribution

  Who can get this You may be able to get this if: you have Qualifying Operational Service, and you have not already used your full Commemorative Travel Contribution allocation. The contribu…