Hon RON MARK: Last week, as part of an ongoing review of the post-1974 deployments, I announced that 11 new declarations of operational service had been made. These primarily affect those who served in certain times and certain places, such as Cambodia, Somalia, the Sinai Peninsula, and on board HMNZS Canterbury and HMNZS Waikato in the Indian Ocean. This means that those who took part in these deployments will now qualify for support and services from Veterans' Affairs. Our people in the New Zealand Defence Force serve or have served their country in a variety of ways overseas, often in very difficult and dangerous conditions, and these changes will be welcomed by our veterans and will positively affect around 1,300 service members. 