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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: Bob Storey
President: Andy Peters
Vice President: Graham Gibson
Secretary: Phillipa Meihana
Treasurer: Carol Taylor
Quartermaster: Ken Ford
Welfare: Bob Storey, Eddie Nock, Nyra Marshall
Communications: Victor Timu, Bill Martin
Commemoration/Memorials: Bill Compton
Executive Committee:
Tina Peters, Paul Thomas, Lindsay Skinner (Wellngton)
National Executive Committee
Executive Committee:
Office Holders
Patron: Bob Storey
President: Andy Peters
Vice President: Graham Gibson
Secretary: Phillipa Meihana
Treasurer: Carol Taylor
Quartermaster: Ken Ford
Welfare: Bob Storey, Eddie Nock, Nyra Marshall
Communications: Victor Timu, Bill Martin
Commemoration/Memorials: Bill Compton
Committee:
Tina Peters, Paul Thomas, Lindsay Skinner (Wellngton)
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.