Events
- January: While in Egypt the New Zealand Expeditionary Force becomes the New Zealand Division.
- April: The New Zealand Division leaves Egypt and travels via Marseilles to northern France arriving during the same month.
- 12 May: First patrol by New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in the Sinai desert.
- 13 May: New Zealand Division moves into front-line trenches at Armentières.
- 7 July: New Zealand Labour Party founded in Wellington.
- 13 July: Vivian Walsh is the first New Zealander to obtain a pilot's license while resident in New Zealand.
- 15 September: First major action by New Zealand Division in France, at Flers. In the following 23 days 1560 New Zealanders are killed and 5440 wounded.
- 20 September: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company is established in Christchurch. Henry Wigram is the main instigator. The Company's aims are to train pilot's for the war, promote local aviation defence and pioneer commercial aviation.
- October: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company purchases land at Sockburn near Christchurch. The first planes do not arrive until the following year.
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