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New Zealand was a Dominion (which meant internal self-government and independence from the British Parliament in most things), but at that time when the United Kingdom declared war, it was on behalf of the entire Empire. So New Zealand automatically declared war when the UK did (although the New Zealand Parliament ratified the declaration of war shortly after).

This is in contrast to the Second World War when the Dominions declared war separately from the UK (in fact New Zealand's ultimatum to Nazi Germany ran out 12 hours before the UK's and therefore New Zealand was at war with Germany before the UK, and Canada waited until 10 days later).

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