Hon RON MARK (Minister for Veterans): On 27 July, I announced that the coalition Government had approved a one-off grant of $2.53 million to be made to the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA) from the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. The RSA's fund-raising had been hard hit by COVID19's pandemic, with the annual Poppy Day appeal having been cancelled this year because New Zealand was at alert level 4. This has affected the RSA's ability to maintain its delivery infrastructure and the amount of support it has available to deliver to veterans. The Government grant will help the RSA to maintain its current level of support to these vulnerable citizens and to deliver its services to them in the face of the COVID-19 challenges. 