The New Zealand Remembrance Army Appeal

The New Zealand Remembrance Army is a charitable trust set up to foster volunteer groups across New Zealand. Our aim is to restore the headstones and family memorials of our service men and women to a high national standard.

Thanks to product sponsorship from Bio-Shield, Resene Paints and Topflite, all restoration work is provided freely and volunteers carry out the work within their local communities. We also work in conjunction with the Returned Services Association NZ, veterans, and other community groups.

By donating to the New Zealand Remembrance Army you will be enabling us to continue our work

to respectfully preserve their memory and sacrifice for future Kiwis to pay their respects.

The New Zealand Remembrance Army has one vision, to see all service headstones and family memorials cared for, wherever they may lie. In its first few years, our army of volunteers is already transforming cemetery sites all over New Zealand.

There are over 350,000 estimated service graves in New Zealand. Many of these sit uncared for in public cemeteries. We have completed an estimated 12,000 service headstones and family memorials through the generous time and effort provided by over 3,500 volunteers across New Zealand.

Local Councils and Veteran Affairs have no mandate to restore any unmaintained graves and often families are no longer able to look after these final resting places themselves.

When you walk past these graves it becomes clear that some of these men and women have been forgotten. The New Zealand Remembrance Army is committed to fixing this problem. - Lest We Forget.