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RNZRSA Mourns The Death Of Their Patron, Queen Elizabeth II
Friday, 9 September 2022, 11:48 am | NZ Returned and Services Association
The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RNZRSA) acknowledges with great sadness the passing of their Patron, Queen Elizabeth II. The RNZRSA’s National President BJ Clark, said the Queen had always held a special place in her heart for ... More >>
RSA Appoints Martin Donoghue As New Chief Executive
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 10:03 am | NZ Returned and Services Association
Wellington, 20 October 2020 – The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RNZRSA), our country’s national veterans’ organisation, today announced that it has appointed Martin (Marty) Donoghue as the new Chief Executive. RNZRSA Board ... More >>
Taste of Kiwi Christmas for overseas troops
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 8:03 am | NZ Returned and Services Association
It was more than 30 Christmases ago, but BJ Clark still vividly remembers being far from home and family, opening the treat-laden Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association gift parcel. The now-National President of the RSA, who took a New Zealand ... More >>
Navy Pioneer Takes Helm of RNZRSA Board
Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 2:04 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
She was the first woman to serve at sea in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Breaking new ground a few years later, she returned from maternity leave to become the New Zealand Defence Force’s first part-time working parent. And, when she was appointed Commander ... More >>
Poppy Appeal 2019
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 8:55 am | NZ Returned and Services Association
This year’s RSA Poppy Appeal has been launched with a focus on the support needed for families of service men and women. The theme is.... He whānau kotahi tātou - We are all family . More >>
RSA Thanks Minister for Veterans for Increasing Support
Friday, 8 December 2017, 12:12 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
RSA National President BJ Clark thanks Minister of Defence and Minister for Veterans Hon Ron Mark, for carrying through with the commitment of support he made during a speech at the RSA’s 101st National Council, in Wellington last month. More >>
NZ’s Vietnam War Veterans commemorate service
Thursday, 17 August 2017, 12:50 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
New Zealand’s Vietnam War veterans are commemorating the fallen, remembering the war and what came after, and catching up with old comrades this Friday, and through the weekend. New Zealand’s Vietnam Veterans’ Day will be held on Friday 18 August. ... More >>
RSA welcomes home Kiwi veterans returning from Iraq
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 8:56 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
RSA welcomes home Kiwi veterans returning from Iraq Returned and Services' Association National President BJ Clark welcomes 106 veterans home from their six-month operational deployment in Iraq tonight. More >>
RSA takes strategic steps to improve support for serving
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 1:38 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
RSA takes strategic steps to improve support for serving and ex-NZDF personnel and their dependants More >>
Record breaking Poppy Appeal result
Friday, 18 September 2015, 10:23 am | NZ Returned and Services Association
Donations to the 2015 Poppy Appeal have broken previous records, with generous Kiwis donating more than $2.5m to support the Returned and Services’ Association’s work helping past and present service personnel and their families. More >>
RSA urges NZers to show support for the current flag
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 5:14 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The Returned and Services’ Association is urging New Zealanders to fly the current flag to show they want to keep it. More >>
RSA Targets Select Committee in Fight to Retain Flag
Monday, 13 April 2015, 9:20 am | NZ Returned and Services Association
The Royal New Zealand RSA is taking its support for the country’s flag to parliament’s Justice and Electoral Committee. More >>
RSA Launches Online DIY Commemorations Toolkit
Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 1:43 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The RSA has today launched DIY Commemorations ; a free online toolkit of simple resources designed to help Kiwis deliver their own commemorative events and to find out more about how they can honour their family’s military history. More >>
Raise Your Glass to Our Forces Overseas This Xmas
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 5:08 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The RSA is asking people at Christmas to pause for a moment and raise their glasses to New Zealand Defence Force personnel serving overseas. More >>
RNZRSA Send Soles to NZCF
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 3:24 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RNZRSA) presented the New Zealand Cadet Forces (NZCF) with 250 pairs of high quality shoes in Wellington today in support of youth development. More >>
Veteran portraits gifted to RSA for future generations
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 12:35 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) gifted 1,600 portraits of WWII veterans to the RSA to form a digital archive for New Zealand’s generations to come. More >>
Declaration of World War One was birth of nation
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 1:19 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
On 4 August 2014, New Zealand will commemorate the centenary of Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany and the beginning of New Zealand’s involvement in World War One. More >>
RSA condemns downing of flight MH17
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 5:03 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The Royal New Zealand RSA has today denounced the downing of flight MH17, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, as an act of terror. More >>
Few Kiwis Were Aware of Balkans Crisis
Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 2:22 pm | NZ Returned and Services Association
The author of the children’s book presented to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this month has reflected on 1914 New Zealand, just before the outbreak of war. More >>