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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.
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    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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    Your family's military history
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    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.
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Te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia

He utunga ā-rua wiki te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia, he āhua rite ki te Penihana o Aotearoa, engari arā anō ōna painga tāpiri.

Ka whakahaeretia, ka utua hoki te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia e Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora, kaua mā Te Tira Ahu Ika A Whiro

Ko wai ka āhei mō tēnei

Ka whiwhi pea koe i te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia mehemea i pā ēnei āhuatanga ki a koe, ki tō hoa rānei:

  • i whai Mahi Hōia i Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga
  • he tangata i noho i Aotearoa, ā, e noho ana koe i konei mō te nuinga o te wā,
  • ā, kei runga ake koe i te 65 tau te pakeke.

He whakamārama mō ngā Mahi Hōia e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga

Ka whiwhi koe i te aha

Kei te āhua o ēnei mea te rahi o te pūtea ka tukua ki a koe:

  • mehemea he takakau koe, kua moe hoa rangatira rānei, he hononga ōu ki tētahi hoa rānei
  • te āhua o tō noho mehemea he takakau koe
  • mehemea kua uru tō hoa ki ō utunga Penihana Mōrehu Hōia, kāore rānei
  • ētahi atu painga, penihana rānei kua whiwhi koe
  • ētahi utunga kua whiwhi koe mai i ngā inihua aituā, i ACC rānei.

Ngā utunga paerewa

Te āhua o te noho Te wahi ia wiki ($NZD)

Tangata takakau e noho takitahi ana

 $627.14
Tangata takakau e noho tahi ana me ētahi atu $576.80
Taumata utu hononga $476.47
Hononga (kāore te hoa pūmau i te whiwhi penihana o Aotearoa, penihana rānei) $903.42
Hononga (kāore te hoa pūmau i te whiwhi penihana o Aotearoa, penihana rānei) taumata tuku iho $952.94

Ngā utunga tahua tōpū kāore e taea te tāke

Te āhua o te noho Taumata (tahua tōpū)
Tahua tōpū i te matenga o te mōrehu hōia $7,580.60
Tahua tōpū i te matenga o te mōrehu hōia, o te hoa rānei o te mōrehu hōia $5,780.43

Tirohia ngā taumata utu mōrahi mō te Penihana o Aotearoa me te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia i te pae tukutuku o Te Hira Tangata [hononga o waho](external link)

Ētahi atu kōrero mō Te Penihana o Aotearoa, te penihana Mōrehu Hōia me ngā penihana o tāwāhi i Govt.nz [hononga o waho](external link)

Te Tāke me te Pēnihana Mōrehu Hōia

Ka utu tāke koe mō te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia. Kei te āhua o tō whiwhinga i ētahi atu pūtea, tō utu tāke, te kore rānei e utu tāke.

Ngā moniwhiwhi e utu ai koe i te tāke [hononga o waho](external link)

Ētahi atu painga tērā pea ka whiwhi koe

Ka whiwhi pea koe i ētahi atu painga mehemea he Penihana Mōrehu Hōia ōu, kaua te Penihana o Aotearoa.

  • Ka whiwhi aunoa koe i tētahi Kāri Ratonga Hapori — ka whakakotahitia tēnei ki tō Veteran SuperGold Card.
  • Kāore tō penihana e whakahekea ki te haere koe ki ngā taurimatanga hōhipera wā roa.
  • I muri i tō matenga, ka āhei pea tō hoa me ō tamariki kia whiwhi i tētahi utunga tōpū.
  • Ka āhei pea koe kia whiwhi utunga tōpū i te matenga o tō hoa pūmau.

Te Kāri Ratonga Hapori i Govt.nz [hononga o waho](external link)

Me pēhea te tono

Ka taea e koe te tono mō te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia e waru wiki i mua i tō ekenga ki te 65 tau.

Tēnā whakapā atu ki te Pūtahi Penihana Mōrehu Hōia mō tō noho, ā, mā rātou e whakamārama me pēhea te tono.

Tēnā whakapā atu ki te Pūtahi Penihana Mōrehu Hōia, he wāhanga nō te Manatū Hīato Ora [hononga o waho](external link)

He mea hira te rā e tono mai ai koe

Ka utua koe atu i te rā i tono ai koe. Ki te tono koe i muri i tō ekenga ki te 65 tau e kore e hoki whakamuri ngā utunga.

Me hoatu e koe ērā atu puka katoa e hiahiatia ana hei whakaoti i tō tono ki te Pūtahi Penihana Mōrehu Hōia i roto i te 20 rā mahi. Ki te kore, me tono anō koe, pea. Tēnā whakapā atu ki a rātou ki te hiahia koe mō tētahi wā roa kē atu.

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Last Modified: 9 July 2025
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