public service

Working with statistics

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  Statistical work has always involved collecting, analysing and presenting data.

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• Page 1 - Working with statisticsStatistical work has always involved collecting, analysing and presenting

The Public Service at war - overview

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  The New Zealand public service played a central part in New Zealand’s war effort, both at home and abroad

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• Page 1 - The Public Service at war - overviewThe New Zealand public service played a central part in New Zealand’s war effort, both at home and

The public service in 1914

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  In 1914 the public service employed 33,000 permanent employees, including railway workers, post and telegraph staff, teachers, and police, plus 16,000 temporary employees, mainly in public works and railways.

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• Page 1 - The public service in 1914In 1914 the public service employed 33,000 permanent employees, including railway workers, post and telegraph staff, teachers, and police, plus 16,000 temporary employees, mainly

Getting the men to war

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  The public service was the engine of New Zealand’s military war effort between 1914 and 1918. It took charge of signing up – and later conscripting – men for service abroad, training them, clothing them, housing them and transporting them to the northern hemisphere, where they became the responsibility of the British military.

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• Page 1 - Getting the men to warThe public service was the engine of New Zealand’s military war effort between 1914 and 1918. It took charge of signing up – and later conscripting – men for service abroad,

Maintaining public services during the war

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  The government immediately reset its priorities on the outbreak of war in August 1914. Everything else was subordinated to winning the war.

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• Page 1 - Maintaining public servicesThe government immediately reset its priorities on the outbreak of war in August 1914. Everything else was subordinated to winning the war.

Feeding Britain

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  From March 1915 the British government purchased New Zealand’s entire output of frozen meat to help ensure a regular flow of food to the British public and the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium.

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• Page 1 - Feeding BritainFrom March 1915 the British government purchased New Zealand’s entire output of frozen meat to help ensure a regular flow of food to the British public and the British

Policing the war effort

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  In 1914 the New Zealand government moved quickly to strengthen the rule of law and keep the country focused on winning the war

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• Page 1 - Policing the war effortIn 1914 the New Zealand government moved quickly to strengthen the rule of law and keep the country focused on winning the

Repatriation of returned servicemen

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  Reintegrating tens of thousands of men into the civilian population at the end of the war presented a new set of problems

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• Page 1 - Repatriation of returned servicemenReintegrating tens of thousands of men into the civilian population at the end of the war presented a new set of

Honouring public servants

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  The public service as a whole, government departments and individual public servants found a myriad of ways to honour their employees’ and colleagues’ war service.

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• Page 1 - Honouring public servantsThe public service as a whole, government departments and individual public servants found a myriad of ways to honour their employees’ and colleagues’ war

Rolls of honour and obituaries

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  Government rolls of honour and obituaries published at the end of the First World War.

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• Page 2 – Public Service Roll of Honour

  This Roll of Honour lists 218 men from the core Public Service who died in the First World War. It was originally published in the New Zealand Gazette on 29 April 1920.

• Page 4 – Public Service Journal obituaries 1915-18

  Obituaries of soldiers killed in the First World War that were published in the Public Service Journal from 1915-1918.

Recruiting and conscription

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  Recruiting men for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was among the New Zealand government’s most pressing priorities during the four difficult years of the First World War. Tens of thousands were needed every year to keep the NZEF up to strength, and finding them presented major logistical, bureaucratic and tactical challenges to those responsible.

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• Page 1 - Recruiting and conscriptionRecruiting men for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was among the New Zealand government’s most pressing priorities during the four difficult years of the First World

Dominion status

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  On 26 September 1907 the colony of New Zealand ceased to exist. It became, instead, a dominion within the British Empire.

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• Page 3 - The first Dominion DayThe first Dominion Day, 1907, was a holiday for public servants as all government offices closed to mark the occasion.