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On 26 September 1907 the United Kingdom granted New Zealand (along with Newfoundland, which later became a part of Canada) "Dominion" status within the British Empire. New Zealand became known as the Dominion of New Zealand. The date was declared Dominion Day, but never reached any popularity as a day of independence.
The Second World War was the greatest conflict ever to engulf the world. It took the lives of 50 million people, including one in every 150 New Zealanders, and shaped the world that we have lived in ever since. New Zealand was involved for all but three of the 2179 days of the war — a commitment on a par only with Britain and Australia.
Story: Self-government and independence. New Zealand does not have an Independence Day to celebrate – the country’s independence from Britain was gained in many small steps rather than all at once. New Zealand today is fully independent from Britain, although the two countries share the same person as head of state. Story by W. David McIntyre.
Nov 25, 2016 · 17 September: Soviet Union invades Poland. 27 September: Germans take Warsaw. 29 September: Germany and Russia partition Poland. 3 October: First Echelon 2 NZEF begins training at Burnham, Trentham, Hopuhopu and Papakura. 4 October: New Zealand government announces formation of a Māori battalion for 2 NZEF.
Charles Upham. This is a portrait photograph of Charles Upham, one on New Zealand’s greatest Second World War heroes. Upham is the only New Zealand soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice for his bravery in Crete in 1941 and in Egypt in 1942. Born in Christchurch in 1909, Upham joined the 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force as soon as war broke ...
American invasion, 1942–1944. First American soldier steps on NZ soil. The ‘invasion’ began in Auckland on 12 June 1942, when five transport ships carrying ‘doughboys’ of the US Army sailed into Waitematā Harbour. Two days later Marines (‘leathernecks’) landed in Wellington. They had arrived as a result of the outbreak of war in ...
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Aug 30, 2017 · 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment by D. W. Sinclair. 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery by W. E. Murphy. 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment by William A. Glue and David James Chirnside Pringle. 21 Battalion by Joseph F. Cody. 22 Battalion by Jim H. Henderson. 23 Battalion by Lieutenant Colonel Angus Ross.
