FIRST WORLD WAR
E FA B R I C O F O U R N AT
H
T
G
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ION
NG
A
H
C
1 9 1 1 C E N S U S P O P U L AT I O N
GROCERY BILL (NEW ZEALAND PENNIES)
1,058,312
52.8% MALE
4 7. 2 % F E M A L E
NORTH ISLAND 563,783
MILK
1911
SOUTH ISLAND 444,785
GO
16.0
HONEY
KEROSENE
1 pound
4 gallon tin
4.8
51.0
I N G T O WA R
10 troop ships in the main body of the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
on 16 October 1914.
eligible age
Under 76kg
8,500 4,000
eligible weight
14,000
1 dozen
3.8
1914
20–40 years
EGGS
1/4 gallon
troops
volunteered in
the first week.
horses
Over 500
troops left in what was called
the Native Contingent on board
the SS Warrimoo in February 1915.
G A L L IPOLI
2,779
APRI L–DECEMB E R 1 9 1 5
1 in 6 of NZ
WWI deaths
troops died at Gallipoli.
E
TH
1 9 1 6 C E N S U S P O P U L AT I O N
1,149,225
50.3% MALE
49.7% FEMALE
FRONTLIN
E
GROCERY BILL (NEW ZEALAND PENNIES)
MILK
1916
4 2 , 6 6 6 T R O O P S A B R OA D O N C E N S U S N I G H T N O T
INCLUDED IN CENSUS FIGURE
EGGS
1/4 gallon
1 dozen
4.8
20.5
HONEY
KEROSENE
1 pound
4 gallon tin
7.6
61.8
1917
1918
5,540
5,545
FATAL CASUALTIES OF WAR
1916
1915
2,890
3,361
Over 900
24,000
T
T
HOME FRON
E
H
1916
fundraising groups raised nearly
£5 million for European relief funds.
parcels a month sent to troops
through the Dominion Parcels Scheme.
£557,536
£5,695,321
of goods sent to troops by
patriotic societies by 1920
($66 million today).
raised by patriotic societies
by 1920 ($700 million today).
NUMBER OF PARCELS SENT TO EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1915
19 16
19 17
END
8,600
people in New Zealand
died in 1918 flu pandemic
1918
O F WA R
– almost 50 percent of the total
number of NZ war deaths for 1914–18.
1918
& BEYOND
MORE THAN
OVER
OVER
120,000
32,000
100,000
41,000
18,500
New Zealanders
were enlisted.
of the
enlisted were
conscripted.
New Zealanders
departed for
overseas service.
instances of
troops getting
wounded or
falling ill were
recorded.
New Zealanders
died.
MORE THAN
2,600
MORE THAN
ABOUT
of these troops
served in identified
Ma-ori units.
POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE, 1911–21 CENSUSES
Age (years)
Age (years)
Age (years)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1510 5 0
51015
Number (000)
1510 5 0
51015
Number (000)
1510 5 0
51015
Number (000)
1911
19 16
1921
1 9 2 1 C E N S U S P O P U L AT I O N
1,271,666
NORTH ISLAND 791,000
GROCERY BILL (NEW ZEALAND PENNIES)
51.2% MALE
48.8% FEMALE
S O U T H I S L A N D 479, 8 0 0
1921
260,216
poppies sold on our first
Poppy Day appeal, in 1922.
Sources: Statistics New Zealand and Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Thanks to New Zealand Defence Force and Royal New Zealand
Returned and Services’ Association for their assistance.
Note: Grocery prices are sourced from historical consumers price
index average Auckland prices in pennies.
- ori units includes troops serving in
The figure given for identified Ma
the Native Contingent, the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, and the
- ori) Pioneer Battalion. It does not include Ma
- ori
New Zealand (Ma
who served in other New Zealand Expeditionary Force units.
Where applicable, numbers have been rounded.
MILK
1/4 gallon
8.0
EGGS
1 dozen
31.3
HONEY
KEROSENE
1 pound
4 gallon tin
13.4
149.5
£13,166
raised on our first Poppy Day
appeal ($1.26 million today).