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• Art in Recovery Workshop helps service personnel and families

  It’s hoped the recent New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Art in Recovery Workshop will be the first of many. Veterans’ Affairs and the RSA sponsored the free, two-day event in Christchurch, which was…

• Eligibility criteria for family and dependants

  Check if you are eligible for support The easiest way to check if you or your family and whānau are eligible is to use our "Check your eligibility" tool. It only takes a few minutes.  …

• Code of Claimant's Rights

  Your rights The spirit of the Code is a positive partnership — working together with trust, respect, and understanding. You have the right to: dignity and respect fair treatment and…

• About our needs assessments

  When we'll do a needs assessment We'll do a needs assessment: when you submit an application that needs one if you ask us to if your circumstances change substantially. By do…

• Vietnam Veterans’ Association’s MOU with the Crown remains a living document

  It’s almost 18 years since representatives of Vietnam veterans signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Crown. This MOU summarised all the actions that New Zealand undertook to do to recognise th…

• Taskforce Kiwi have been busy at home and all over the world

  The following article was written by Richard Adams, National Director of Taskforce Kiwi: While we continued our Cyclone Gabrielle relief work in Hawke’s Bay, we still managed (in June 2023) to sen…

• Gerard Wood | From military nurse to veteran advocate

  Veterans who have been to our forums and expos will probably have met Gerard Wood (Ret Lt Col) in the Veterans' Affairs team — a larger-than-life character brimming with good humour, lots of knowledge…

• Processing times for claims

  Last updated: 24 February 2025 In the last six months, we have processed more claims than those that have come in. This has enabled us to progress the oldest claims. This is reflected in some of…

• Personal Profile: Danny Nelson — Support Services Manager — RNZRSA

  This article was originally published as a segment in VA News.  Read the full edition of VA News Summer 2021 (external link) It wasn’t an auspicious start to my military career. It began when I…

• New Zealand veterans living in Australia dealing with Centrelink

  As a result of continued advocacy by Wayne Lindsay OAM, on behalf of New Zealand veterans living in Australia, Veterans’ Affairs has acknowledged the difficulties some veterans face in their dealings …