HMS New Zealand ca. 1913. In 1909 Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward reacted to the perceived German threat by announcing that New Zealand would fund the construction of a battlecruiser to be gifted to the Royal Navy. Construction of HMS New Zealand cost £1.7 million ($231 million in 2007).
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HMS New Zealand in Lyttelton |
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference No. PAColl-6304-17
Part of Thames Valley Newspapers Ltd: Photographs (PAColl-4692)
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this iHMS New Zealand arrived in Wellington on 12 April 1913 as part of a 10-week tour during which an estimated 500,000 New Zealanders inspected their gift to Mother England. The crew was showered with gifts, including a piupiu (flax kilt) and a greenstone tiki (pendant) – intended to ward off evil – which were presented to the ship’s captain. Here large crowds gather during the ship’s visit to Lyttelton in 1913.
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