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  • Get support
    The support you may be able to get depends on your circumstances.
    Currently serving
    While serving, the NZDF will take care of your health and wellbeing issues. If you have qualifying service, we may be able to provide you with home help. Register now with Veterans’ Affairs, and when you need some support, we’ll be ready to help you.
    Ex-serving
    We can provide you with health, rehabilitation and financial support if you have a condition related to your service. We can also provide home help assistance and financial support for you to commemorate your service.
    Family and whānau
    How we can support you, your family and whānau.
    Non-military personnel
    Non-military personnel can have Qualifying Operational Service in certain circumstances.
    A-Z list of services and entitlements
    View all of the services and entitlements available to qualifying veterans and their family and whānau.
  • Remembrance
    We're proud to honour the service of the veteran community.
    Services Cemeteries and plaques and headstones
    We help look after Services Cemeteries. We're also able to contribute towards plaques and headstones.
    Commemorative funding
    There are two types of financial contributions available from the Commemorative Fund.
    Medals and service records
    The NZ Defence Force's Personnel Archives and Medals team ​administer medals and hold most New Zealand military service records.
    ​When someone dies
    We may be able to provide support when someone who had Qualifying Service dies.
    Your family's military history
    Learning more about your family's military history is a great way to honour their service.
    Certificate of Appreciation and Veterans' Pins
    The Certificate of Appreciation and Veteran's Pin recognise operational service.
    NZ Post Stamps
    This series of stamps explores the stories of 6 veterans deployed after 1995. You can purchase the stamps on the NZ Post website.
  • Eligibility
    To be eligible to receive support from us, you — or certain family members — need to have Qualifying Service.
    Check your eligibility
    Check the support, services, or entitlements you may be able to get from us.
    Qualifying Service
    To get support from us you — or certain family members — need to have Qualifying Service.
    Living outside NZ
    You can still get support from us even if you live outside NZ.
    Eligibility criteria for family and dependants
    You may be able to get support if you're the spouse, partner, child or dependant of someone with Qualifying Service.
    Veterans of foreign militaries
    Veterans' Affairs New Zealand was established to support New Zealand veterans.
  • For clients
    We put veterans and our clients at the heart of everything we do.
    If you have a question at any stage, please contact us — we're here to help.
    How we'll work with you
    We'll work with you to help you get the best support available.
    Your treatment card
    Your treatment card helps you get no-cost treatment and medication for your approved conditions.
    Veteran Card
    Your rights and responsibilities
    ​We want to make sure you have the best possible experience when you deal with us.
    Payments
    Information on payment rates and dates.
    How we make decisions
    We use a number of tools and processes to make decisions. This helps ensure each decision we make is fair and treats our clients consistently.​
    Living outside NZ
    You can still get support from us even if you live outside NZ.
    Other benefits
    You may be able to access a range of discounts and benefits. Not only that, your family may get access too.
    Information about claims
    Information on processing times, how to make a claim, and what happens next.
  • For providers
    Information for providers of services to Veterans' Affairs and our clients.
    Treatment cards and letters
    To help you identify our clients, we issue treatment cards and letters.
    Invoicing us
    How to invoice us to ensure we pay you quickly and correctly.
    Treating our clients
    Information for healthcare professionals providing treatment to our clients.
    Councils and local authorities
    Guidance for councils and local authorities relating to services cemeteries and memorials
    Forms
    Forms for our clients, family and whānau, and our providers.
    Audiologists
    Schedules of fees, invoicing and application instructions, and information for treating hearing needs.
    How military service affects the health of veterans
    Veterans can experience physical and mental health conditions disproportionately compared to the general public. Different NZDF 'operations' may be linked to higher rates of specific conditions. Understanding a veteran's service can help you to understand their health.

What we fund

Veterans' Affairs administers funding agreements with key partners to strengthen and extend the services available for veterans.

Whakatāne RSA

$15,712 in the 2024–2025 financial year.

This grant funding has been made available to focus on the wellbeing of veterans and whānau, connecting them with services and support available from a variety of agencies and organisations within the local community.

This included the planning of an expo in Whakatāne for ex-military personnel, including veterans from across the Eastern Bay of Plenty region, including an evaluation report at the conclusion of the event.

Ranfurly Veterans’ Trust

$30,000 in the 2023–2024 financial year.

This grant funding has been made available to focus on the wellbeing of veterans and whānau, connecting them with services and support available from a variety of agencies and organisations with local communities.

This included the planning of veterans’ forums in West Auckland and Lower Hutt, including evaluation reports at the conclusion of each event.

RVT Performance Report — Greater Wellington 2024 [PDF, 12 MB]

RVT Performance Report — West Auckland Forum 2023 [PDF, 6.9 MB]

Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association

$250,000 each year for four years from the 2018-2019 financial year.

This funding has been made available to improve access to support for veterans, in particular to those with PTSD.

Outcomes reports

Report from RNZRSA on outcomes from July 2021 to February 2022 [PDF, 372 KB]

Report from RNZRSA on outcomes from March 2022 to June 2022 [PDF, 462 KB]

Report from RNZRSA on outcomes from July 2022 to June 2023 financial year [PDF, 1006 KB]

Covid reports

Covid-19 Grant Report March 2021 [PDF, 2.5 MB]

Covid-19 Grant Report June 2021 [PDF, 8.8 MB]

No Duff Charitable Trust

$25,000 was made available each year for four years from the 2018-2019 financial year.

This funding was made available to support the provision of front-line crisis services for veterans.

Report from No Duff Charitable Trust on outcomes from the 2020–2021 financial year [PDF, 9.8 MB]

Report from No Duff Charitable Trust on outcomes from the 2019-2020 financial year [PDF, 503 KB]

Additional report from No Duff Charitable Trust supporting outcomes from 2019-2020 financial year [PDF, 180 KB]

Report from No Duff Charitable Trust on outcomes from the 2018-2019 financial year [PDF, 568 KB]

Report from No Duff Charitable Trust on outcomes from the 2017-2018 financial year [PDF, 1 MB]

Rannerdale Trust

$55,000 was made available in the 2018-2019 financial year.

This funding was made available to improve awareness and access by Vietnam veterans in Christchurch to the medical assessments they are entitled to as part of the Memorandum of Understanding. This includes planning and running a health expo for this group and their families, and participating in evaluation of the approach.

A report will be published when the project is completed.

Medical research funding

The income from the Veterans' Medical Research Trust Fund is allocated by the independent Veterans' Health Advisory Panel as research grants and awards.

Learn what research has been funded

Our work

  • What we fund
Last Modified: 12 July 2019
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