Rotorua RSA Inc.

20/04/2026

31/03/2026

March Newsletter

31/03/2026

The Poppy New Zealanders know and love is changing for good...

The RNZRSA is introducing a new sustainable poppy during this year's Poppy Appeal. Made from recycled paper, the new poppy is fully biodegradable while retaining the iconic shape New Zealanders are familiar with.

The old plastic-based poppy will still be available in some communities as existing stocks are used up.

Read more about the new poppy here: https://rnzrsa.info/NewPoppy26

10/11/2025

🌹Ka maumahara tonu tātau ki a rātau. We will remember them 🌹

Tomorrow is Armistice Day, marking 107 years since the end of the First World War.

You are invited to join Rotorua RSA Inc., Te Arawa Māori Returned Services League and Rotorua Lakes Council in a special service honouring all those that have fought for us.

📅 Tuesday 11 November
⏰Gather 10.30am for 10.40am start
📍Cenotaph, Government Gardens

Road closures – please note Queens Drive (from Princes Gate to Oruawhata Drive) will be closed to traffic from 10.30am – 11.30am. Please access Government Gardens from the Blue Baths side during that time.

14/09/2025

05/09/2025

On this day 5 September 1994
Bosnia - the first New Zealand force (NZFOR) of 250 personnel is sent to the former Yuogslavia as part of the United Nation Protection Force (UNPROFOR). it joins nine New Zealand military observers already serving in Bosnia.

30/08/2025

August News Sheet

30/08/2025

18/08/2025

Today is Vietnam Veterans Day. More than 3500 New Zealand military and civilian personnel served in Vietnam between 1963 and 1975.

Thirty-seven men died while on active service and 187 were wounded. Two civilians serving with the surgical and Red Cross teams also lost their lives.

Although most New Zealand personnel withdrew from Vietnam in 1973, the Civilian Surgical Team and RNZAF 41 Squadron served in Vietnam until 1975.

The Civilian Surgical Team were the first New Zealand personnel to arrive in Vietnam in 1963. They were followed by engineers serving with the New Zealand Army Detachment Vietnam (NEWZAD) in 1964.

📷 Victor 1 Company soldiers Brian Wilson, Richie Taaffe and W***y Driver patrol along the perimeter of a minefield, near the Horseshoe in Phuoc Tuy province, 1967.