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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...

Life is like a river

Poppy donations support people like Holly, ex-Army.

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Bio-Shield is Cleaning and Protecting Veteran Graves

Andy van Lier is the owner of Bio-Shield; the moss, mould and lichen cleaning product that is powering the New Zealand Remembrance Army

X Forces Mission Surf - Waihi Beach

VCFSA X Forces Mission Surf - Waihi Beach 28th July 2019 9.30am – 1400 hrs After VCFSA's successful pilot event in Raglan they are offering another free surfing fun day event to all serveice...

Zen the PTSI Assistance Dog

In January the RNZRSA funded a programme for an assistance dog certification course in Australia for a NZDF veteran suffering from PTSI. The dog (Zen) at the time was too young to put through the course now is ready to start his training. This is a 6 month intensive course for the dog and owner...

Mururoa test Veterans Forums 2019

The Mururoa Nuclear Veterans Group Inc, the RNZRSA and Veterans’ Affairs are conducting a further series of forums in 2019. These are a follow on from those conducted last year.

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.

Sometimes it's the little things that matter

Here's a unique story on how your Poppy donation helps our Veterans!

Life is like a river

Poppy donations support people like Holly, ex-Army.

ANDY PETERS

After joining the Army in 1968, Andy Peters’ military career spanned over 20 years, including active service in Malaysia and Vietnam and deployment to Singapore. “I joined the Army because I wanted to do something different, I wanted to see the world,” he says.

MURRAY WATENE

Murray Watene has a way with words. Throughout his life, including his 24 years in the Army, he has kept journals and written poems, many of them powerful reflections of life at war. One of his poems pays tribute to the grave of an unknown Kiwi WWII soldier in Malaya, in a sobering reminder of the...

MATIRINI NGARI

When Matirini Ngari’s great-grandfather Tuaivi Mose went off to war, leaving behind New Zealand for the daunting challenges of Gallipoli, he kept a diary of all his encounters.

JOHN BENNETTS

Growing up with his father in Army, John Bennetts has been involved in the military all his life. By age 16, inspired by his father and by a family friend who had recently returned from a military tour abroad, a career in the forces was on the cards.

Veterans of Combined Forces Surfing Association

"Our mission is to bring the veteran community together in the ocean using surfing as ocean therapy."