11/04/2025
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📢News - A great day for New Zealand's veterans.
The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association has called today’s government announcement a “great day of recognition” for its veterans.
Today, on Poppy Day, the Minister for Veterans, Hon Chris Penk, announced the government is expanding the official term "veteran" to cover more soldiers, sailors and aviators, as well as setting up a new national day of tribute.
Tā Wayne Shelford, National President of RNZRSA, says this day has been a long time coming for veterans in New Zealand to get the recognition they deserve.
“To finally achieve the definition of veteran to cover more of our service men and women, is a real breakthrough, and it really means a lot. It is appropriate as we approach Anzac Day where we remember those who have died in service, that we now have a way of better recognising our veterans who are alive but up until now have been invisible in our communities.”
Read more here: https://www.rsa.org.nz/news-and-stories/a-great-day-for-our-veterans