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• Rongoā Māori (traditional Māori healing)

  This funding is provided under the provisions of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014. Read the Veterans' Support Act 2014 (external link) We consider rongoā to be part of mātauranga Māori and define…

• Seeking applications for the C Company representative on the Ngarimu 28th (Māori) Battalion Scholarship Fund Board

  On behalf of the Board Chair, Hon Kelvin Davis, Associate Minister of Education, the Ministry of Education are seeking expressions of interest from people qualified for appointment to this Board. Due …

• Sir Bom Gillies: The last surviving member of the 28 Maori Battalion

  Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, affectionately known as Bom Gillies, served with B Company, 28th (Maori) Battalion, during the Second World War. He is the last surviving member of the 28 Maori Battalio…

• Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM

  Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua on 7 November, aged 99. Sir Robert (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahungunu), who was known as Tā …

• The legacy of Tā (Bom) Gillies

  Tā Robert Nairn Gillies, affectionately known as Bom Gillies, was the last surviving member of the 28th (Maori) Battalion. He passed away surrounded by whānau on 7 November. Tā Bom Gillies was bor…

• Dave Samuels: What veterans could bring to the public service

  Te Puni Kōkiri and Ngā Ara Whakatupuranga | New Frontiers It’s very difficult to find fault with Dave Samuels’ logic. “You only need to read the news to see that the Public Service is strugglin…

• 80 years since the brutal Battle of Cassino

  May 2024 marks the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Cassino, which was one of the most brutal and costly battles involving New Zealand forces in the Second World War. Situated at the head of the Li…

• WAI2500 | An interview with Lieutenant Colonel Martin Dransfield, ONZM

  The Waitangi Tribunal Wai 2500 Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry was initiated in September 2014. Kaupapa inquiries deal with nationally significant issues affecting Māori as a whole. This kauapa …

• A deployment chaser: Sergeant Renee Rangiahua

  Sergeant Renee Rangiahua (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Raukawa) joined the New Zealand Army in 1999 because she wanted to travel. She got her wish, serving on deployments as a supply technician during her servic…

• Veterans' Health Advisory Panel members

  The Panel is made up of a maximum of nine members. The legislation requires that one is an ex officio medical practitioner nominated by Chief of New Zealand Defence Force, one is an ex officio appoint…