who was the leader of new zealand during ww2
Military history of New Zealand during World War II There was also a strong sentimental link between the former British colony and the United Kingdom, with many seeing Britain as the "mother country" or "Home". The New Zealand Prime Minister of the time Michael Joseph Savage summed this up at the outbreak of war with a broadcast on 5 September (largely written by the Solicitor-General Henry Cornish)[4] that became a popular cry in New Zealand during the war: