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The Veterans' Affairs Minister leads a delegation to honour Pacific War dead.

National offers nothing new in its veterans policy.

The Government announces that 2006 will be the Year of the Veteran.

Veterans' pensions and allowances are to rise by 2.7 per cent from April 1.

New Zealand D-Day veterans honoured by France

Key answers to key questions arising from the response of the government to the Agent Orange inquiry

The government has acknowledged military personnel serving in Vietnam were exposed to an environment contaminated by Agent Orange and has apologized for the time it has taken for official recognition of veterans experiences

Select Committee report out today.

Annual CPI increase for Veterans' Pensions and Allowances

The Government will research the use of herbicides in areas of Vietnam where New Zealand soldiers’ served, Veterans’ Affairs Minister George Hawkins says.

The upkeep of New Zealand’s Services Cemeteries has received a 209 per cent boost, increasing by to $804,000 in 2003/04."

Veterans who do paid or unpaid work will no longer lose part of their veteran’s pensions entitlement following today’s passing of the War Pensions Amendment Act (No 2).

All war pensions and associated allowance payments will rise from 1 April as part of the annual cost of living adjustment, Veterans’ Affairs Minister George Hawkins says.

The Government is to extend medical assistance provided to the children of Vietnam and Operation Grapple veterans.

A $20,000 cheque from Veterans’ Affairs Minister George Hawkins will help fund a new memorial at Manukau’s Memorial Gardens honouring the veteran community.