New Zealand goes to war
First World War - overview
In 1914 the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo. How did this event spark 'the war to end all wars', which claimed the lives of 18,500 New Zealanders? more...
Capture of German Samoa
When war broke out in Europe in August 1914, Britain asked New Zealand to seize German Samoa as a ‘great and urgent Imperial service’. more...
NZ's First World War horses
Between 1914 and 1916 the New Zealand government acquired over 10,000 horses in New Zealand to equip the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Only four returned at the end of the war.
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