A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered outside Parliament on the afternoon of 5 August 1914 to hear the Governor, Lord Liverpool, announce that Britain – and by extension the Dominion of New Zealand – was at war with Germany.
Prime Minister William Massey can be seen in the centre of the image with a white moustache. To the right of Massey is Lord Liverpool, holding a sheet of paper bearing the message from King George V.
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First World War - overview
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RELATED TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF WAR WITH GERMANY, 1914
Events in History
5 August 1914
New Zealand enters the First World War
Biographies
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Alfred de Bathe Brandon
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Euan Dickson
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Malcolm McGregor
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William Rhodes-Moorhouse
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Keith Caldwell
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William Burn
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Robert Logan
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Ettie Rout
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Archibald Baxter
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Alexander Godley
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James Allen
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Ormond Burton
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Andrew Hamilton Russell
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George Butler
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Nugent Welch
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William Massey
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Joseph Ward
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Samuel Frickleton
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Charles Begg
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Bernard Freyberg
Articles
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Rolls of honour and obituaries
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Policing the war effort
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New Zealand Army Nursing Service
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NZ Railways at war
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The Public Service at war - overview
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First World War by the numbers
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First World War farewells
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The Post and Telegraph Department at war
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Hospital ships
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The War in the air
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NZ's First World War horses
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The Salonika campaign
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Schools and the First World War
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Anzac Day in the Pacific
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First World War art
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The Royal New Zealand Navy
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Featherston camp
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Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
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Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
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Pacific aftermath
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Merchant marine
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Researching New Zealand soldiers
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Māori units of the NZEF
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Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
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British Empire
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Allies
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Central Powers
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Palestine campaign
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Sinai campaign
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The Imperial Camel Corps
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Capture of German Samoa
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Armistice Day
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Military mascots
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The Arras tunnels
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Wahine disaster
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Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium
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Dominion status
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Supporting the war effort
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Parliament Buildings
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The Gallipoli campaign
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Conscientious objection and dissent
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1981 Springbok tour
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Māori and the First World War
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Battle of the Somme
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First World War - overview
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First World War memorials
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The 1912 Waihi strike
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Responding to tragedy
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The House of Representatives
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New Zealand and Le Quesnoy
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British & Irish immigration, 1840-1914
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