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WHAT IS OPERATIONAL SERVICE?
This is quite confusing for some so here is a clear definition as to how NZDF and VANZ refer to Operational Service Definition of Operational Service Operational service is service which exceeds the...
View ArticleStatus Report by RNZNCA Sub Committee
As you will be aware a sub-committee of the Royal New Zealand Navy Communicators Assn was formed and comprises of Gary Houghton, Rod Berry, John Titmus, Neal Catley and Frank Rands. (sorry no army or...
View ArticleWE SERVED
A new tool was launched on 30 November 2018 and has been designed to guide veterans and New Zealand service personnel towards organisations that can help address their health, welfare and social needs....
View ArticleCard Scheme for Australian Vets
We obviously live on the wrong side of the ditch. We are still trying to figure out what a Veteran is! Click HERE Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken of a “culture of respect” for...
View ArticleThe Nanogenarians
Apologies, Apologies to our Nanogenarians!! Isn’t that the way we now have five… Are there any more out there!! There are actually five communicators who have attained this huge milestone in the...
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HMS NEPTUNE REMEMBRANCE CHURCH SERVICE
Members of the Association are invited to attend the Remembrance Service for HMS NEPTUNE at the Devonport Naval Base. The service will take place in St Christophers and this will be the 77th...
View ArticleWhy military suicides are so common: the answer isn’t combat
Here is a LINK from Australian and US Research on suicide by ex Military Persons. An interesting article however, none of its points affect former NZDF personnel! Why you may ask? and that is because...
View ArticleJack Passings – December 2018
The following Sailors ‘Crossed the Bar’ during the month of December 2018. Details of funerals etc can be found by clicking HERE. HARGREAVES, Maraea Rahiri. Ex -Wren WRNZNS service No. 955. SMITH,...
View ArticleDefence Assessment on Climate Change and Security Released
Minister of Defence Ron Mark and Minister for Climate Change James Shaw have today released a Defence Assessment on the security implications of climate change. The Climate Crisis: Defence Readiness...
View ArticleThe Timeliness of Correspondence
A number of you have taken the opportunity to write to your local Member of Parliament with reference to a number of issues which might have included the forming of the latest Veterans Advisory Board...
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HMNZS ENDEAVOUR – RECYLCLED
Click on this LINK to see how ships are recycled. Here is another LINK which provides oversight of the actual Alang Dismantling yard.
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HMNZS VENTURA CHRISTMAS LUNCH
If you happen to be serving in HMNZS VENTURE, Christmas 1943 when it was in Fiji, this is what would have been served up to you for dinner. A copy of Daily Orders is also included. Click on images to...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and Happy New Year
A message from the President of the RNZNCA On behalf of the Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and all the very best for 2019. This is...
View ArticleThe Four Navies of Fiji
The Four Navies of Fiji was written by the First Commander of Fijian Naval Forces, Captain Stanly Brown. His story appeared in the Fiji Sun Newspaper in 2015 in instalments. The installments for some...
View ArticleVetarans Affairs Deployment Review
Veterans Affairs are currently working through the process to review over 100 deployments, and will be looking at these in six tranches: This review does not cover any deployments prior to 1974....
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Survivors of the Rock – Anecdote # 2
Want to know more of what happened on Motuihi Island. Click HERE
View ArticleWHO WAS ON WATCH?
The question has arisen as to who was the Leading Tel on watch in the Port W/T Office located in PHILOMEL on Christmas Eve 1953 when the Tangiwai Disaster occurred just north of Waiouru. One of the...
View ArticleAFGHANISTAN MEDALS
New Zealand General Service Medal (Afghanistan: Primary Operational Area) Regulations 2018 New Zealand General Service Medal (Afghanistan: Secondary Operational Area) Regulations 2018 This note is not...
View ArticleWondering what has happened to the Patterson Report
The Professor Ron Patterson report which provided 64 recommendations in a review of the Veterans Support Act was tabled in Parliament in May 2018. Here is a record from the Hansard of the Oral...
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