Events
- 1 January: First flight of the Walsh Brothers' Curtiss-type flying boat. The flight takes place at Bastion Point and it is the first such aircraft built and flown in the Southern Hemisphere.
- 14 February: The first contingent of 500 Māori soldiers sails for Egypt aboard SS Wairrimoo. Earlier policy had been against 'native peoples' fighting in a European war.
- 25 April: New Zealand troops participate in the landings at Gallipoli.
- October: The New Zealand Flying School is started by the Walsh Brothers at Orakei. Its primary purpose is to train pilots for the Royal Flying Corps.
- November: The New Zealand Flying School moves to Kohimarama.
- 20 December: The last New Zealand troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
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- The Waikato Argus merges into the Waikato Times. The newspaper started in 1896.
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