In 1939, New Zealand was far less well prepared for war than it had been in 1914. Nevertheless, more than 140,000 New Zealanders - nearly 9 per cent of the dominion's total population - enlisted to fi
Although comparatively small in number, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I (1914-1918)?earned an elite reputation on the Western Front, and the New Zealanders' war effort was a definin