The New Zealand General Service Medal
Elizabeth R
Royal Warrant
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
Whereas We are desirous of instituting a new medal for award to members of Our New Zealand Defence Force and certain civilian persons for services rendered during war, and both warlike and non-warlike (including peacekeeping) operations commenced since 1 January 2000:
We do, by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, institute and create a new medal:
1 Style
The medal shall be styled and designated "The New Zealand General Service Medal".
2 Description
The medal shall be made of silver plated base-metal and circular in shape, bearing, -
a on the obverse, a representation of the Effigy of the Sovereign; and
b on the reverse, the inscription THE NEW ZEALAND GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL within a wreath of New
Zealand flora (fern fronds, pohutukawa, and kowhai blossom) ensigned by a Royal Crown.
3 Ribbon
The Medal shall be worn from the left breast suspended from a ribbon, 32 millimetres in width, of such design as the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister or a Minister of the Crown acting for the Prime Minister, may determine by regulation.
4 Regulations
The Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister or a Minister of the Crown acting for the Prime Minister, may from time to time issue regulations relating to -
a the design of the distinctive ribbon for any specific operation; and
b eligibility for the medal for any specific operation.
5 Register
The names of all those persons who receive the Medal shall be recorded in a register kept by the Chief of Defence Force.
6 Order of wear
In the official list showing the order in which Orders, Decorations, and Medals shall be worn in New Zealand, the New Zealand General Service Medal shall be worn as a war medal according to the date of service.
7 Miniatures
Reproductions of the Medal, in miniature, which may be worn on certain occasions by those persons who have received the Medal, shall not exceed one-half the size of the full-size Medal.
8 Annulment
We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with this Our Royal Warrant, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
Given at Our Court of Saint James's, this 23rd day of July 2002, in the 51st Year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command.
Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Regulations 2008
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
SR 2008/
Pursuant to the Royal Warrant (SR 2002/226) dated 23 July 2002 instituting and creating the New Zealand General Service Medal, the Governor-General of New Zealand, under authority delegated by The Queen, has been pleased to make the following regulations.
1 Title
These regulations are the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Regulations 2008.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3 Award of New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea)
a The medal known as the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) (the medal) may be awarded subject
to the Royal Warrant and to these regulations.
b The award of the medal is subject to the Royal Warrant and these regulations.
4 Ribbon
The ribbon for the medal is 32 mm in width and has a central stripe of red with a narrow stripe of yellow and a broad stripe of light blue on either side.
5 Meaning of Korea in regulation 6
In regulation, Korea means---
a the territories of the Republic of Korea or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; and
b the territorial seas that the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are entitled
to establish under Part II of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; and
c the superjacent airspace above the territories and territorial seas of the Republic of Korea and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
6 Eligibility
A person is eligible for the medal if he or she---:
a. served in Korea on or after 1 January 2001 as a member of, or in connection with, a New Zealand
Government contribution to United Nations Command activities involving the preservation of the Korean
Armistice Agreement;
b. was, at that time, a member of the New Zealand Defence Force (within the meaning of the Defence
Act 1990).
7 Qualification for award
(1) An eligible person is qualified for the award of the medal if the person was engaged in service as
described in regulation 6(a)---
a. for 30 days or more, continuous or aggregated; or
b. for less than 30 days, but---
i. the service was terminated by death or evacuation owing to wounds or disability caused by that
ii. the person has been given a New Zealand Royal Honour for gallantry or bravery for acts while
engaged in that service; or
iii. the mission directive stated that the deployment was to be longer than 30 days, but the person
had his or her period of service terminated after less than 30 days at the direction of the New
Zealand Government department or agency that deployed the person, and the termination was for
official reasons rather than for personal, compassionate or disciplinary reasons.
(2) To avoid doubt, time spent on official visits in connection with the service described in regulation 6(a)
counts towards time engaged in service for the purpose of subclause (1).
8 Delegation
The Chief of Defence Force, or an officer of the New Zealand Defence Force authorised by the Chief of Defence Force, may award the medal to any eligible person who qualifies for the award of the medal.
9 Forfeiture and restoration
The Chief of Defence Force, or a Chief of any Service acting for the Chief of Defence Force, may---
a. order the forfeiture of an award of the medal made to a person; in which case the person's name must be
removed from the register maintained under the Royal Warrant; and
b. order the restoration of an award of the medal to a person whose award was forfeited; in which case the
person's name must be reinstated in the register.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of September 2008.
Phil Goff, Minister of Defence.
