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News of the outbreak of war was received in Wellington at 1 p.m. on 5 August 1914. It was announced by the governor, Lord Liverpool, on the steps of Parliament to a crowd of 15,000 people. There was popular enthusiasm for the war in Europe, and New Zealanders caught the mood.

Mascot of HMS New Zealand

The bulldog Pelorus Jack achieved the rank of leading sea dog before his final discharge in October 1919.

During its 10-week New Zealand tour, more than half a million people visited the battleship, which this country had gifted to the Royal Navy.