The Waihi RSA's courtesy van has been destroyed by fire thought to have started at the battery.
The van was the only one available to the RSA and manager Barry Smith described its loss as an inconvenience rather than a disaster.
Although the organisation would have paid at least $10,000 for it, he said.
The van was used to transport people to and from the RSA and also in a welfare capacity, to take members to medical appointments.
"We use it for getting the people to and from our club. But also use it very extensivley for welfare purposes, like taking people over to Waikato Hospital, Themes Hospital, or Tauranga Hospital. For medical appointments, dropping people to hospital and then picking them back up."