War Veteran
If you're a War Veteran you may be entitled to special benefits or pensions in recognition of your service.
Help with living and housing expenses
We may be able to help you with your living expenses, health and housing costs.
If you're struggling to support yourself or your family, please contact us. We can often help.
Veteran's Pension
A pension if you've served in any war or other emergency in which New Zealand forces have served, and have a disability. There are advantages to getting a Veteran's Pension instead of New Zealand Superannuation.
Accommodation Supplement
Help with your rent, board or the cost of owning a home.
Community Services Card
A card that can help you and your family with the costs of health care. You'll pay less on some health services and prescriptions.
Living Alone Payment.
An ongoing extra payment on top of your NZ Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension when you maintain a household on your own. You may also get this payment in some situations, when you have a spouse or partner, or aren't living on your own.
Travelling overseas or moving to New Zealand
Help with getting benefits and pensions paid overseas and overseas benefit and pension entitlements.
War allowances or grants
If you're a Veteran you may be able to get help for costs such as gardening, lawn mowing, medical alarms and extra heating. Veteran's Affairs New Zealand (VANZ) offer a number of special allowances and grants for you and your relatives such as gallantry awards, hearing aid grants, clothing and medical cost allowances.
Websites that may help
Veterans' Affairs New Zealand (VANZ)
VANZ administer War Disablement and Surviving Spouse Pensions. They also deliver services to Veterans and act as their advocates on a wide range of issues relating to veterans' entitlements, care and recognition.
The Veteran SuperGold Card
A card that gives you discounts on some goods and services. If you receive Veteran’s Pension, you automatically receive a Veteran SuperGold Card that includes Community Services Card entitlement.
Help if you’re disabled
If you're disabled you may be able to get a War Disablement, Veteran's pension or special allowances or grants.
War Disablement Pension
You may be able to get this pension if you have a disability caused by a war or other emergency in which you served.
Veteran's Pension
A pension if you've served in any war or other emergency in which New Zealand forces have served, and have a disability. There are advantages to getting a Veteran's Pension instead of New Zealand Superannuation.
Disability Allowance
An allowance that can help you with regular, ongoing costs because of your disability, such as visits to the doctor or hospital, medicines, extra clothing or travel.
War allowances or grants
If you're a Veteran you may be able to get help for costs such as gardening, lawn mowing, medical alarms and extra heating. Veteran's Affairs New Zealand (VANZ) offer a number of special allowances and grants for you and your relatives such as gallantry awards, hearing aid grants, clothing and medical cost allowances.
Civilian amputee assistance
We may be able to help you with travel and/or accommodation costs if you need to go to an Artificial Limb Centre.
Websites that may help
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
ACC can help you with treatment and support while you recover from an injury.
Help with retirement home or assisted living expenses
We may be able to help you with the cost of care or house modifications to make life easier. If you want to keep your home when you move into care, we may be able to help you with a loan.
Residential Care Subsidy
A subsidy to help with the cost of long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home.
Residential Care loan
If you're going into care and want to keep your home, we may be able to help you with a loan.
House Modification Funding
Funding for changes to your home because you're disabled.
Help if your spouse, partner, parent or child is a War Veteran
If you're a relative of a Veteran you may be able to get pensions, special allowances and grants.
Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension
You may be able to get this pension if your spouse or partner died from disabilities caused by a war or other emergency they served in.
War allowances or grants
If you're a Veteran you may be able to get help for costs such as gardening, lawn mowing, medical alarms and extra heating. Veteran's Affairs New Zealand (VANZ) offer a number of special allowances and grants for you and your relatives such as gallantry awards, hearing aid grants, clothing and medical cost allowances.
Help with funeral expenses
If someone close to you has died we may be able to help you with some funeral costs. You may also be entitled to a lump sum payment.
If you're struggling to support yourself or your family, please contact us. We can often help.
Funeral Grant
A grant to help pay the costs of the funeral.
War allowances or grants
If the deceased was a War Veteran you may get a War Funeral grant.
Contact us
Everyone's situation is different. We're here to help if you need it.
Contact us if you:
- would like assistance
- aren't sure if you can get assistance
- are struggling to support yourself or your family
- would like more information.