The East Timor Medal is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

campaign medal A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater. Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a high ...

, authorised in 2000, for award to New Zealanders who have served in

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

from the commencement of the New Zealand involvement in June 1999 until 27 April 2006 This campaign medal is unique in that it has been awarded to civilians from more than a dozen New Zealand government, philanthropic, or commercial organisations. These organisations have included the New Zealand Red Cross, Oxfam, Department of Corrections, New Zealand Customs Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the International Olympic Committee, Airways Consulting Ltd, Vincent Aviation, and Radiola Corporation Ltd, as well as the New Zealand Defence Force. The award of the East Timor Medal to these New Zealand civilians recognises their valuable participation in New Zealand's efforts to protect and assist the East Timorese people, and in the reconstruction of East Timor.

Bibliography

* Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - ''Medals Yearbook - 2005'', (2004), Token Publishing. * Crawford, J and Harper, G - ''Operation East Timor: The New Zealand Defence Force in East Timor, 1999-2001'', (2001), Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd

External links

New Zealand Defence Force - Medal information page

** ttp://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/c7warrantamend.html New Zealand Defence Force - Amendment to Royal authorisation warrant{{New Zealand campaign medals New Zealand campaign medals

East Timor–New Zealand relations Awards established in 2000 2000 establishments in New Zealand Awards disestablished in 2006