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Life is like a river

Poppy donations support people like Holly, ex-Army.

Veterans of Combined Forces Surfing Association (VCFSA)

VCFSA's mission is to bring the veteran community together in the ocean using surfing as ocean therapy.

They had their first event (X-Forces Mission Surf) on Sunday 24 March in Raglan - and what a day it was!

VCFSA are committed to bringing the wider community of veterans of...

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A look at the changing tide of the military's workforce and the women creating waves

It's more common than ever to see a woman picking up a belt sander, a fire hose or handpiece. Stuff reporter Georgia Forrester chats to wāhine who are smashing stereotypes in traditionally male-...

We need to reject our ‘man alone’ culture

Inspired by his time in the Army Reserve, Pete McKenzie says we must push back on Aotearoa's brittle 'man alone' model of masculinity The sentry bustled round each morning to wake the bodies sleeping...

RSA Women's Section Hold Fundraiser For Children's Ward at Waitakere Hospita

For the past 15 years, the Women’s Sections of Auckland District RSA’s have held a fundraising afternoon for the local children’s Hospital. This year they decided to fundraise for the children’s...

The Story of Ted d' Avergne

At a small country road corner just south of Waimate, there is a place called the Waihou Forks pub, which has an interesting piece of history. A soldier who left Waimate in 1940 for World War II and...

Engineer wakes from four-week coma after motorcycle crash

There were fears Michael “Hooky” Walker would die after he was critically injured in a motorcycle crash in mid-Canterbury. However, he has woken up after spending almost a month in a coma – much to...

Pilgrim Bandits Comes To NZ

PILGRIMS BANDITS COMES TO NZ Pilgrim Bandits (PB) was set up in the UK by Special Forces personnel to enable injured military people and front line emergency services (Fire, Ambulance, Police,...

RSA Government Fund Helps Woman, Who Lost Everything in Blaze

87-year-old Naomi Jensen, the widow of veteran Renald Jensen, was left without a home or a change of clothes after a fire ripped through a Sanson building destroying her family items. Naomi's family...

TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2020 - RNZRSA Wins for Stand At Dawn

We are very proud to announce that RNZRSA and project partner NZDF won a coveted New Zealand Marketing Award at the TVNZ - NZ Marketing Awards, held in Auckland on Tuesday 10 November.

Teacher removes all the desks in the classroom. You'll never guess why she did it. Remarkable!

Port Rowan, Ontario was put on the map by this extraordinary teacher from Valley Heights High School back in 2005…

Armistice Day: Auckland Museum holds memorial service after Anzac event canned

Hundreds attended the Armistice Day memorial service hosted by the Auckland Museum on Wednesday.

Forgotten war graves get a spruce up from Sean

Sean Trott, of Hāwera, has received a community award for his work locating and restoring graves of returned service people.

War memorial to be chopped into three pieces and put into storage

The Citizens’ War Memorial will be cut into three pieces and its base dismantled to make way for the restored Christ Church Cathedral and a new visitors’ centre. The resource consent application for...