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Whakahōnoretanga mahi

Honouring service

We take pride in honouring our veterans and their service. We contribute to research and the recording of our history, as part of the history of New Zealand and upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We conduct commemorative activities and maintain and advise on policy to support New Zealand to honour its Defence Force veterans in a way that respects their service, including with medallic recognition, and upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We support state ceremonial activities and high-level official visits and undertake the researching and recording of the New Zealand Defence Force history as part of the wider history of New Zealand.

 

 

Our other areas of work

NZDF personnel perform and sing a waiata near a flag mask. Three Royal New Zealand Navy sailors are in the foreground.

The Gift of Love

A young child places some handcrafted poppy flowers next to a green fence.

Reflecting in Lockdown

NZDf personnel stand in a catafalque guard at the Anzac Commemorative Site in Gallipoli. Thee New Zealand and Australian flags are flying from flag poles and it is dark as the ceremony is at dawn.

The scale of our commitment

Many boxes of New Zealand Defence Service Medals. In each box is the medal, a bronze medal with an antique finish suspended from a dark blue, red, light blue and light green ribbon.

Recognising Service