Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tun a farkon 1915, Gwamnatin New Zealand ta amince da cewa za a samar da tarihin hukuma don yin rubuce-rubuce game da gudummawar da New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) ya bayar a Yaƙin Duniya na Farko. Wakilin yakin basasa, Malcolm Ross, an ba shi aikin tattara kayan tarihi da za a buƙaci. Ross, ƙwararren ɗan jarida wanda ya ba da rahoto game da kwace Samoa
a farkon yakin, ya kasance a Gallipoli tare da Charles Bean, wakilin yakin basasa na Australia, kuma zai kuma lura da Ƙungiyar New Zealand a lokacin yakin da ake yi a Yammacin Yamma.