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Veterans’ Recognition Bill

1: Title

You could also call this:

"A law to recognise veterans, called the Veterans' Recognition Act 2025."

Illustration for Veterans’ Recognition Bill

This proposed law would be called the Veterans' Recognition Act 2025. You will see the year 2025 in the title of this Act. The title of this Act tells you what this law is about, which is recognising veterans.

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This page was last updated on 17 August 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1467981.

Topics:

Government and voting > Government departments

Clause by clause analysis, or

"Breaking down the Veterans' Recognition Bill into smaller parts to understand what it says and how it works."

2: Commencement, or

"When the new law starts"

1Title

This Act is the Veterans’ Recognition Act 2025.