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Armistice Day and the flu
The influenza pandemic dampened some Armistice festivities, particularly in Auckland.
Armistice notice
This notice was published by the government to help ensure people knew when the official Armistice Day celebrations had begun.
Preparing for Armistice Day
This advertisement appeared in the Evening Post on 5 November 1918.
Turkey surrenders
The surrender of Turkey is juxtaposed with the harsh reality that New Zealand soldiers were still dying every day
Passchendaele in memoriam notice
Extract from a full page 'in memoriam' notice published in the Auckland Star 4 Oct 1918, three days after the surrender of Bulgaria.
Armistice signed telegram
This is the telegram that informed New Zealand’s Governor-General, Lord Liverpool, of the signing of the Armistice.Germany and the Allied Powers signed the armistice in Compiegne, France at 5.20 a.m. on 11 November 1918, late afternoon in New Zealand. Official confirmation reached New Zealand some hours later. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Walter Long, wired the Governor-General, Lord Liverpool, at 10.55 a.m. London time (10.25 p.m. in New Zealand): ‘MOST URGENT ARMISTICE SIGNED 5 AM THIS MORNING LONG’.
False Armistice Day cartoon
Cartoon about the false Armistice of 8 November 1914
New Zealanders overseas - Armistice Day
The New Zealand Division official history records that those in France received the news of the Armistice ‘generally in a matter of fact way, totally devoid of any demonstration of emotion.
Armistice Day celebrations
The news everyone had been waiting for finally came through on the morning of 12 November 1918 – a Tuesday. Germany had surrendered and signed an armistice with the Allies the previous day.
False armistice
On 7 November 1918 the Prime Minister assured the public - following rumours to the contrary - that the government was not holding back news of a German surrender. The next morning - a Friday - celebrations broke out across the country after newspapers published a cable from the United States announcing the eagerly awaited event.
Pre-Armistice Day surrenders
From October 1918 New Zealanders progressively celebrated the surrenders of Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary before the armistice with Germany on 11 November
Cook Islands Armistice Day notice
Public Notice of Armistice Day commemorations in the Cook Islands, 1924
Peace celebrations in the Pacific
News of the Armistice in Europe in November 1918 came swiftly to Rarotonga via its new wireless station.
Armistice Day celebrations in Greymouth
How Armistice Day was celebrated in Greymouth in 1918
Peace celebrations in 1919
Although the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918, peace wasn't officially proclaimed until 28 June 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. In July communities throughout New Zealand and the Empire celebrated peace with elaborate public events lasting several days.
Armistice Day train
Gore railwaymen celebrated Armistice Day in November 1918 by decorating locomotive F 78 and wagon with wilting greenery, imitation sausages and a blunt chalked message to the Kaiser.
Armistice Day
After four terrible years, the First World War finally came to a close with the signing of an armistice between Germany and the Allied Powers on 11 November 1918. New Zealanders celebrated enthusiastically, despite having recently celebrated the surrenders of the three other Central Powers and the premature news of an armistice with Germany.
Armistice Day parade in Masterton
Armistice Day parade in Masterton
Armistice Day parade in Levin
Armistice Day parade in Levin, 13 November 1918.
New Zealand servicemen marching after Armistice Day
New Zealand troops behind an army band march through a city after the Armistice – probably Verviers in Belgium, where they were welcomed on 19 December 1918. These troops were en route to Germany from Beauvois, France, which they had left on 28 November.

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