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    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.
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    Non-military personnel can have Qualifying Operational Service in certain circumstances.
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    We help look after Services Cemeteries. We're also able to contribute towards plaques and headstones.
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    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.
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    The Certificate of Appreciation and Veteran's Pin recognise operational service.
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    This series of stamps explores the stories of 6 veterans deployed after 1995. You can purchase the stamps on the NZ Post website.
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He Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki

Ko tēnei mea te Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki he utunga takitahi he kāpeneheihana māu mō te pānga mauroa o tētahi hauātanga tūturu ki a koe me tō whānau.

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Ko wai ka āhei mō tēnei

Tērā pea ka āhei koe kia whiwhi i te Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki me:

  • he whai Mahi Hōia e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga i muri mai i te 31 o ngā rā o Māehe 1974 i waho o Whitināmu
  • he mate tōu e pā ana ki ō Mahi Hōia e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga, ka noho hei take ngoikoretanga o te 5% o te tangata katoa, ā, te āhua nei ka noho hei take mō te hauāuki, ā:
    • kātahi anō ka puta mai taua mate i te 1 Āperira, 2002, i muri mai rānei.

He whakamārama mō ngā Mahi Hōia e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga

Me i mahi hōia koe i mua atu i te 1 Āperira 1974, i mahi hōia i Whitināmu rānei, ka āhei pea koe kia whiwhi i tētahi momo kāpeneheihana kē atu.

Te Penihana Ngoikoretanga
Ka whiwhi koe i te aha

Ka āhei pea koe kia whiwhi i tētahi utunga takitahi. Kei te āhua tonu te nui o te utunga o tō taumata ngoikoretanga tangata katoa.

Te rahi o ngā utunga mō te Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki [English]
Me pēhea te tono
  1. Whakakīa te puka Tautoko Mōrehu Hōia.
  2. Me tono ki tō tākuta kia whakakīa ngā wāhanga tākuta o te puka.
  3. Tukua mai te puka tono me ētahi atu kōrero tautoko ki a mātou.

Tiki ake i te puka Tautoko Mōrehu Hōia [English] [PDF, 1 MB]

Ka whakarahia pea e mātou tō tautoko ACC mehemea ka āhei hoki koe mō tō mātou Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki. Mō tēnei, me iti iho te utu tautoko a ACC i tā mātou e taea ai.
Ka aha ināianei

I muri mai i tō tono mā mātou e:

  1. whakapā atu ki a koe ki te whakaū kua whiwhi mātou i tō tono
  2. tīmata te hātepe whakatau take
  3. kōrero haere tonu ki a koe mō te tūnga o tō tono.

Ki te hiahia mātou ki ētahi atu kōrero, ka whakapā atu mātou ki a koe.

He pēhea mātou e whakatau take ai [English]
Kimihia ētahi atu mōhiotanga

Whakapā mai ki a mātou mō ētahi atu kōrero [English]

E mahi nui ana mātou kia whitikia ā mātou mahi e te rā. Ki te hiahia koe ki te mōhio he pēhea tēnei āheinga e whakahaeretia ai, ka taea e koe te pānui te kaupapa here.

Te kaupapa here mō te Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki Tūturu [English] [PDF, 384 KB]

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Last Modified: 9 July 2025
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