Video: When Sorry is not Enough!
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word and PM Helen Clark just can’t say sorry Continue Reading
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Ministerial Statement to Parliament by Rt Hon HELEN CLARK (Prime Minister) – Crown apology to Viet Nam veterans
The Crown formally acknowledges the dedicated service of the New Zealand Regular Force personnel deployed during the Viet Nam War, and those many servicemen and women who supported them in their mission. Further the Crown records that those armed forces… Continue Reading
Video: Rt Hon HELEN CLARK (Prime Minister) Crown apology to Vietnam Veterans
The Crown extends to New Zealand Viet Nam Veterans and their families an apology for the manner in which their loyal service in the name of New Zealand was not recognised as it should have been, when it should have been, and for inadequate support extended to them and their families after their return home from the conflict. Continue Reading
Full text of the Crown apology to Vietnam Veterans by Rt Hon HELEN CLARK (Prime Minister)
Full text of the Crown apology to Vietnam Veterans, read in Parliament today ( 28/05/2008) by NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark: The Crown formally acknowledges the dedicated service of the New Zealand Regular Force personnel deployed during the Vietnam War,… Continue Reading
Video Clip: Rt Hon ‘HELEN CLARK’ (Prime Minister) Vietnam War – NZ Govt says sorry to soldiers
Vietnam war protesters from the sixties and seventies have welcomed the Government’s apology to veterans but say the Vietnamese population deserve an apology too. Continue Reading
Sorry says Government to soldiers
Grey-haired soldiers wept in Parliament as Prime Minister Helen Clark and other party leaders apologised for the way successive governments treated them and their mates who served in the Vietnam War. Continue Reading
Apology to veterans due tomorrow
Vietnam veterans, due to receive an apology from the Crown tomorrow, have been waiting more than 30 years. The apology, to be made by Prime Minister Helen Clark in Parliament, will acknowledge veterans were not treated fairly when they returned… Continue Reading
Apology to Vietnam veterans for unfair post-war treatment
The Government will publicly apologise to Vietnam War veterans and their families, recognising the servicemen were not treated fairly when they returned from war. Continue Reading
Too little, too late, for too few
On both sides of the Tasman (about 20 per cent of the New Zealand veterans live in Australia) phones and emails are crackling with fiery exchanges as physically and psychologically scarred veterans mobilise. The Government, RSA and Ex-Vietnam Services Association (EVSA) are in retreat a week after signing a memorandum of understanding and hailing the successful conclusion of negotiations. Some veterans are eyeing a legal challenge. Continue Reading
Nats promise Vietnam vets gold-plated apology
National would apologise to Vietnam war veterans over the Agent Orange saga and would improve all veterans’ access to health and welfare services by providing a gold card, party leader Don Brash says. Continue Reading