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A few people can make an impact | Mine clearing in Mozambique
February marks 31 years since the New Zealand Defence Force first deployed army mine clearance experts to Mozambique. The United Nations Security Council established the United Nations Operations …
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How to make a claim
If you have an injury or health condition that you think relates to your qualifying service, we may be able to help. Qualifying service explained Conditions we cover How we determi…
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20 minutes on the runway at Kabul Airport: NZDF Photographer Maria Eves
Just 20 minutes on the runway at Kabul airport, but in those moments Maria Eves brought all of her 12 years of experience as a photographer in the NZDF to bear. Maria Eves joined the Royal New Zeal…
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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…
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Bill Russell: From stamps to signaller and back again
From beginning his career with NZ Post to initiating a veteran stamp series, and from installing a radio system for the NZ Army and then joining up, Bill Russell’s life is one of crossing paths of his…
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Satisfaction surveys
2024 client satisfaction survey From 6 June to 30 June 2024, PublicVoice contacted clients by telephone to ask for their feedback on a variety of topics. 531 random clients were contacted. The fin…
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Survivors’ Reunion held at Motuihe Island
More than 100 “Survivors of the Rock” reunited on Motuihe Island in February and once again, the matelots climbed the island’s notorious hill to what was the site of HMNZS TAMAKI for 22 years. Motu…
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An adventurer not retiring anytime soon: Malayan Emergency veteran Neil Ake
Neil Ake (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Maru) joined the New Zealand Army in the late 1950s because he wanted to see the world. It wasn’t the first time he had a longing for a…
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Highest crowd numbers at Gallipoli since centenary
The passage of time has not deterred thousands from returning to Anzac Day services in Gallipoli, Türkiye, with the highest crowd numbers seen since the 2015 centenary of the doomed World War I landin…
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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 atom…