Members of the first Māori contingent leave Masterton for training in Auckland.
Māori were not offically eligible for the Main Body of the New Zealand forces that left the country in October 1914. A separate Māori contingent (the ‘Native Contingent’) was established; 500 men entered Avondale camp, Auckland, in October 1914 and left New Zealand in Feburary 1915.
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Māori units of the NZEF
Māori and the First World War
First World War farewells
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6 April 1919
NZ (Māori) Pioneer Battalion returns from war
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15 July 1915
Gallipoli wounded arrive home on the Willochra
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16 October 1914
Main Body of NZEF sails to war
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14 February 1915
Māori soldiers sail to war
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22 December 1916
Future PM Fraser charged with sedition
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7 October 1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
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30 October 1918
Massive prohibition petition presented to Parliament
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Mary Mulcahy
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Robert Triggs
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Alfred William Robin
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Walter Callaway
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Hēni Materoa Carroll
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New Zealanders who resisted the First World War
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Honouring public servants
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Repatriation of returned servicemen
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Policing the war effort
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Feeding Britain
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Maintaining public services during the war
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Getting the men to war
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The public service in 1914
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First World War homecomings
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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 laws and regulations
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First World War farewells
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The Post and Telegraph Department at war
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Schools and the First World War
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Māori units of the NZEF
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Māori and the Second World War
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Supporting the war effort
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Conscientious objection and dissent
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Māori and the First World War
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First World War - overview
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Māori War Effort Organisation
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