<p><strong>The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association,</strong> better known simply as the <strong>RSA</strong> was first established in <strong>New Zealand </strong>on the <strong>28th of April 1916</strong> by veteran of the F<strong>irst World War Donald Simson</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>The RSA is a registered charity</strong> that raises money to <em>“provide support and comfort for service men and women and their families”</em>. In <strong>1921</strong>, the RSA successfully campaigned for <strong>ANZAC Day</strong> <strong><em>(the 25th of April)</em></strong> to become a public holiday.</p>
<p><strong>However, there is one dark,</strong> horrifying moment in the history of the RSA, that would see the organisation the victim of one of the most cruel and depraved acts of violence in NZ’s history.</p>
<p><strong>This savage, vicious crime </strong>took place only seventeen days before <strong>Christmas</strong> in <strong>December 2001 </strong>and resulted in the longest prison sentence in the annals of New Zealand. <strong><em>The events of that day went down in history as The RSA Murders.</em></strong></p>
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