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Ministerial announcement regarding Veterans’ Advisory Board report
Minister for Veterans Ron Mark has announced today the coalition Governments’ initial response to work completed by the independent statutory body, the Veterans’ Advisory Board. Read the media relea…
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VAB Report — Better recognition of service people (serving and former) and their whānau
The Minister for Veterans asked the Veterans’ Advisory Board (VAB) to provide her with advice on how New Zealand may better recognise military veterans who have served New Zealand through: developm…
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What we fund
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 av…
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Update on the review of the operation of the Veterans’ Support Act
Professor Paterson presented his report on the Review of the operation of the Veterans’ Support Act to the Chief of Defence Force at the end of March. Professor Paterson was originally to report to t…
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Reports and findings from Mission: Feedback
The Minister for Veterans has asked the Veterans' Advisory Board to consult with New Zealanders to see how they felt about a Kawenata; an agreement between service personnel and their whānau, the Gove…
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The Paterson Report
About the report Professor Ron Paterson was appointed in June 2017 to lead a review of the operation of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014. View the Veterans' Support Act 2014 in full on the New Zeal…
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Veterans' Advisory Board — Looking at overseas Defence Covenants
The Veterans' Advisory Board is an independent statutory board that provides advice directly to the Minister for Veterans The Veterans' Advisory Board (VAB) is currently reviewing Defence Covenants in…
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Legislative change to support the wellbeing of veterans
Minister for Veterans Ron Mark has announced that the Veterans’ Support Amendment Bill No 2 passed its First Reading on 28 May. The bill addresses a number of the recommendations of the 2018 report i…
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Notice of client consultation
We are currently running an independent client satisfaction survey through our partner Public Voice. This means that a random selection of our clients will be contacted by phone throughout the year, t…
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VAB Report: Recognition of service people through burial and memorialisation
This report sets out the principles that the Veterans' Advisory Board (Board) considers should underpin the recognition of service in New Zealand through the burial and memorialisation of service peop…