Wanganui RSA members are preparing for annual sale of poppies on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 April.
The 2017 Poppy Appeal marks the 95th running of the appeal, making it New Zealand's oldest continuously run appeal.
RSA Chief Executive Jack Steer says the longevity of the appeal reflects New Zealand's long-service to assisting countries near and far in times of conflict; in peace-time missions and other deployments in aid of others.
"While for most of the 20th Century New Zealanders knew that the Poppy Appeal was a key part of providing support to our former servicemen and women and their dependents, that is not so well understood today.
"The Poppy Appeal funds can only be used to provide help and support to those veterans and their families, regardless of whether they are RSA members or not. All funds collected by clubs locally is also deployed locally, providing care to those servicemen and women and their families living in your communities," said Mr Steer.