Kia ora Rodney,

 

Thank you for your enquiry.

Please find attached transfer of your request to the New Zealand Defence
Force.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial
and
Executive
Services
Branch

Manatū
Kaupapa
Waonga  -
New Zealand
Ministry of
Defence

 

 

Defence
House, 34
Bowen
Street, PO
Box 12703,
Wellington
6144, New
Zealand

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Parsons
[mailto:[FOI #29021 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 2 November 2024 12:18 p.m.
To: Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Veterans Ineligible for VA
Coverage

 

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Dear Ministry of Defence,

 

Colonel Charmaine Tate (CMO and Surgeon-General) released a memo about the
impacts of explosives on defence personnel's brains-
[2]https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealan....

 

Given that Ministry of Defence defines a veteran differently to other
countries, please provide estimates for how many former defence personnel
will not be covered by veteran affairs, for this and other significant
PCBU risks (e.g. hearing). Specifically, given that veteran status is
conferred based on operational status, the question is how many people who
have not been granted veteran status by the New Zealand Government will be
ineligible for cover due to the New Zealand Government's definition of a
veteran.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Rodney Parsons

 

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Good afternoon Rodney Parsons

 

Your request below has been received and a decision on your request will
be provided as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday 3 December.
Responses to requests for information that are considered to be in the
wider public interest will be published on the New Zealand Defence Force
website ([1]www.nzdf.mil.nz).

 

 

Regards

 

Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force | Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa

[2]www.nzdf.mil.nz

 

 

 

 

From: Information
Sent: Monday, 4 November 2024 5:11 p.m.
To: 'Rodney Parsons' <[FOI #29021 email]>
Cc: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Veterans Ineligible for VA
Coverage [unclassified]

 

Kia ora Rodney,

 

Thank you for your enquiry.

Please find attached transfer of your request to the New Zealand Defence
Force.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial
and
Executive
Services
Branch

Manatū
Kaupapa
Waonga  -
New Zealand
Ministry of
Defence

 

 

Defence
House, 34
Bowen
Street, PO
Box 12703,
Wellington
6144, New
Zealand

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Parsons
[[3]mailto:[FOI #29021 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 2 November 2024 12:18 p.m.
To: Information <[4][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Veterans Ineligible for VA
Coverage

 

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your Inbox. Thank you

 

 

Dear Ministry of Defence,

 

Colonel Charmaine Tate (CMO and Surgeon-General) released a memo about the
impacts of explosives on defence personnel's brains-
[6]https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealan....

 

Given that Ministry of Defence defines a veteran differently to other
countries, please provide estimates for how many former defence personnel
will not be covered by veteran affairs, for this and other significant
PCBU risks (e.g. hearing). Specifically, given that veteran status is
conferred based on operational status, the question is how many people who
have not been granted veteran status by the New Zealand Government will be
ineligible for cover due to the New Zealand Government's definition of a
veteran.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Rodney Parsons

 

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[9]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

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