Association Update April 2023

In this edition:

• Urgently required – Anzac Day service details
• Anzac Day Resources
• Flood relief reminder 
• Poppy Campaign Guidebook 
• Last minute Poppy orders 
• Car Poppies 
• Deliver Poppies to your local Four Square 
• Deliver Poppies to your ANZ Branch now 
• Raise Poppy funds for your RSA with the Warehouse Group 
• Limited Edition RSA Gear 
• Capitation Notice 
• Public Notices 
• Merchandise 

Urgently Required - Anzac Day Service Details 

All Associations delivering Anzac Day commemorations are asked to provide the details of their services by completing a short survey. This information will be placed on the RSA’s website to ensure community members can easily find details of their nearest Anzac Day Service. Please complete this survey no later than 13 April 23. 

Anzac Day Resources 

A suite of resources aimed at schools and community groups have been placed on the RSA’s website to help support them with their own Anzac Day commemorations. More resources will be added in the coming weeks. The resources can be found here: Anzac Day Resources (rsa.org.nz) 

We are also thrilled to inform you that we have been gifted a range of music to support commemorations by the New Zealand Army Band. This music will be placed on the same page of the website in the coming days and will be free to download. 

Flood relief reminder 

A reminder that Associations can make donations to help support RSA’s and veterans in the areas affected by this year’s extreme weather events, including Cyclone Gabrielle. 

Some RSA’s in the worst affected areas will have no, or limited, ability to conduct a Poppy collection this year as their communities focus on rebuilding. We know that as the long-term effects of these events are more fully understood, and we get greater clarity on what insurance claims will cover, we will discover veterans in the affected areas who are in need of significant levels of support. 

On the first page of the Poppy Campaign Guidebook were instructions for how Associations can donate to a central fund to support affected RSA’s and veterans. We are encouraged by the donations that have been received to date, but we know that more will be needed. DSM’s are already working to determine a process for distributing the funds. 

RSA’s wishing to make a donation to the fund can do so by making a bank deposit in to the account below. Please ensure you use the Reference so that donated funds can be easily identified. 

Account Name: RNZRSA 

Account No: 02-0500-0021094-00 

Reference: FLOOD 

Poppy Campaign Guidebook 

Associations should have received a copy of the Poppy Campaign Guidebook which provides access to marketing materials and other information to support their individual Poppy collections. If you have not yet received a copy, it can be downloaded below. 

Last Minute Poppy Orders 

Poppies are still available for Associations that need to order more. These can be shipped within 48 hours of the order being made so there is still time to get them before Poppy Day. If you require more Poppies please contact Celyn to make your order: Celynb@rsa.org.nz 

Car Poppies 

If your Association would like to sell Car Poppies as part of your fundraising efforts, these are now available from National Office.  

Car Poppies are available in lots of 10 at a cost of $80.  

If you would like to order Car Poppies, please contact Celyn to make your order: Celynb@rsa.org.nz  

Please note, Car Poppies must be ordered in lots of 10 and are not available from National Office in smaller amounts. 

Deliver Poppies to your local Four Square 

The RSA has been lucky enough to partner up with Four Square in 2023! Their Eastbourne store was used as the filming location for this year’s Poppy Campaign television commercial, which you’ll be seeing on screens from the 12th of April. 

Four Square are keen to further support the RSA and would like to see counter-top boxes in all their stores across New Zealand. In order to ensure the donations stay within communities, Associations are strongly encouraged to reach out to their nearest store and provide them with counter-top boxes and Poppies.  

You can use the link below to find contact details for the store nearest you. 

https://www.foursquare.co.nz/store-finder 

Deliver your Poppies to your ANZ Branch now 
 
A reminder that if your RSA is listed alongside an ANZ branch in your District’s spreadsheet below, then please contact them to provide a counter-top box and poppies. 
 
Please note that this contact information from ANZ is confidential, and that you will need to ask for the Branch Manager when reaching out to your ANZ Branch. 

Click here for Northland’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Auckland’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Waikato, King Country and Bay of Plenty’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay and East Coast’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Nelson, Marlborough and Westland’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Canterbury’s ANZ Branch list 

 Click here for Otago and Southland’s ANZ Branch list 

  
All proceeds will go back to your RSA via bank transfer once collection stops. You will be receiving this from a central point, the National Poppy Trust’s ANZ bank account. 

Raise Poppy Funds for your RSA with The Warehouse Group 
 
A reminder for those Associations with a Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7 or Noel Leeming in their area that these retailers have agreed to allow collections in store.  

As each store has different restrictions based on location, Associations are encouraged to touch base with stores as soon as possible to plan collections. You can use the below Store Finder webpages to help you locate the participating stores closest to your RSA. 

Click here for The Warehouse store finder 

Click here for the Warehouse Stationery store finder 

Click here for the Torpedo7 store finder 

Click here for the Noel Leeming store finder 

Limited Edition RSA Gear 

The latest range of limited edition RSA gear is now on sale in our webstore, and with 10% of the purchase price coming to the RSA to help us continue our support to New Zealand's veterans, you'll not only look good - but you're doing good as well. 

The RSA Supporters Tee honours all who serve - be it your Grandfather, Mokopuna, Aunt or partner, while the I love RSA range is a cheeky nod to those popular tourist t-shirts seen everywhere. 

This gear is only available for a limited time - Presales close on 16 April with dispatch from 3 May. 

• Determine the number of delegates and voting rights for the next National Council.
• Assess Capitation for the 12-month period 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022
• Prepare RNZRSA Annual Budget and Annual Report and communications.

• Returned Members of the Association – as defined in the First Schedule of your RSA rules.
• Service Members of the Association – as defined in the Second Schedule of your RSA rules.
• Associates Members of the Association – As defined in the Third Schedule of your RSA rules.

• Serving uniformed personnel of NZ Defence Force and NZ Police
• Returned or Service Members or RSA Club members over 90 years of age.
• Residents in Rest Homes
• Youth Members

Public Notices

Merchandise

It’s April and AFM Group’s line of ANZAC Biscuit Tins are back on store shelves.  

Two of the Biscuit Tin designs are based on historical New Zealand stamps (Soldier Holding Map and Kitty Hawk), two were proudly created by Dame Trelise Cooper Designs, and the final design depicts a WWII Propaganda Poster (Don’t Waste Petrol). You will only find the three square tins at Countdown Supermarkets, and the two rectangle tins at New World, Pak n Save, Four Square, The Warehouse, and Moore Wilson stores.  

$1 from each tin sold will be donated back to the RSA and used to support veterans and their families. 

Valetta Road Jewellery 

Valetta Road is two childhood friends with over 30 years of friendship who started up Valetta Road while we were on maternity leave. We make beautiful products to help out organisations and charities as a way of fundraising. We are proud to be in partnership with the RNZRSA and making Poppy Merchandise that we have been doing for four years. During that time we have had covid so not all clubs were aware of us.  

The poppy merchandise has been a big success as it's a product that you can wear all year round, not just the lead up and on ANZAC day but beyond. We have had clubs advertise them on their local buy and sell pages on Facebook as well as in their club rooms. Advertising them on Facebook has been really successful as it allows the public who are not members to come in and support Poppy Day appeal. We have had clubs as well take the items out on the street appeal and have a table set up with the items on it, along with the red poppy pins.  

If your club would like to purchase some please download the order form, the price on the form is the price you pay and then you put the mark up on them. If you want to know the suggested RRP please ask. 

The image below represents just a few items in the range. Download our order form to see the full range. 

Any questions please ring Denise on 022 6589827 or send order forms to denisemcc58@hotmail.com or valettaroad@yahoo.co.nz