In 1914 most of the men and teen agers from new Zealand were taken to world war one also known as the great war  there were battles hosted all around the world like Europe Africa middle East Asia and the Pacific Ocean and Turkey.  Well the women and children were left at home it was not easy for them because all of the clothing and weapons and most of the food  were sent to the people that were at war.

For the kids to keep their feet warm they would stand in fresh cow poo to keep them warm because they could not just go and buy clothes  and because the people never grew fruit  the would jump the fence and steal it or they would get fruit for Christmas or their birthday.   

Back in the world war the people that did go they were being shot at killed and stabbed the other team had so much more stuff than them like grenades guns ammo and knives and probable because we were in there land they probable have underground bases.

Even girls went to war but they were not allowed to carry guns so they were paramedics over 18000 soldiers were in the great war.