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Links

 

 

vanz           http://www.veteransaffairs.mil.nz/

 

  youth                  https://www.vietnamveteranschildrenstrust.com  

 

  rsa               http://rsa.org.nz/ 

 

V4                http://www.v4coy.com/

 

W3            http://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/

 

vn          http://nzvietvet.bravepages.com/

 

 

vvaa               http://www.vvaa.org.au/

 

dva              http://www.dva.gov.au/

 

mesothelioma           https://www.pleuralmesothelioma.com/

 

 

va           http://www.va.gov/

 

 

 

 

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National Executive Committee

Executive Committee:

Office Holders

Patron: 

President: Graham Gibson

Vice President: Barry Dreyer

Immediate Past President/Kaumatua:  Andy Peters

Secretary:  Carol Taylor

Treasurer: Carol Taylor

Quartermaster: Ken Ford

Welfare:  Eddie Nock, Helen Pearse-Otene, Jack Flanagan

Communications:  

Reunions:       Leon Orange  

Committee:

 Anthony Poa, Nyra Marshall, Jenny Mullane, Gaylene Wilson, Rex Alexander

 

Reps at Large:     Lindsay Skinner (Wellngton), Lucky Munroe (Canterbury) Paul Thomas (West Australia),

 

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About Us

New Zealand Vietnam Veterans Association (Incorporated) is a society registered and incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, and is an affiliated member of the Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association (Incorporated).

Founded in 1982, it has 1100 members, consisting of persons who served with the Allied Forces in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.  Associate Membership is also available to qualifying family members of Vietnam Servicepersons, and to others such as Red Cross and Salvation Army members who assisted Allied forces in South Vietnam.

The objectives of nzVva are to promote on-going comradeship amongst members, and to assist with the welfare of Vietnam Veterans, their children and whanau. 

Office Holders

Patron: 

President: Graham Gibson

Vice President: Barry Dreyer

Immediate Past President/Kaumatua:  Andy Peters

Secretary:  Carol Taylor

Treasurer: Carol Taylor

Quartermaster: Ken Ford

Welfare:  Eddie Nock, Helen Pearse-Otene, Jack Flanagan

Communications:  

Reunions:       Leon Orange  

Committee:

 Anthony Poa, Nyra Marshall, Jenny Mullane, Gaylene Wilson, Rex Alexander

 

Reps at Large:     Lindsay Skinner (Wellngton), Lucky Munroe (Canterbury) Paul Thomas (West Australia),

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Research, News & Articles

Health conditions in a cohort of NZ Vietnam veterans: hospital admissions between 1988 & 2009

DavidMcBride, Brian Cox, John Broughton, Darryl Tong  -  Published 9 December 2015

Objectives To inform the provision of support to veterans by analysing hospital discharge data, thereby identifying which conditions show an excess risk, require specific management strategies and deserve further investigation.

  

The mortality and cancer experience of New Zealand Vietnam war veterans: a cohort study

DavidMcBride, Brian Cox, John Broughton, Darryl Tong  -  Published 2 September 2013 

Objectives The aim was to observe the patterns of mortality and cancer incidence in New Zealand Vietnam veterans. The objectives were to assess whether the patterns of disease observed were consistent with those associated with military service in Vietnam, and similar to the patterns identified in other groups of Vietnam veterans.

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