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Compulsory Military Training (CMT) has been adopted in New Zealand on a number of occasions. FIRST INTRODUCED CMT was first introduced in New Zealand with the Defence Act Of 1909 . It applied to all males from 14 – 21 years throughout New Zealand. WORLD WAR I There were increasing criticisms of CMT voiced in Parliament, however the outbreak of war in 1914 , provided sufficient reason for CMT. In Mid-war, Conscription was introduced by the Military Services Bill ( June 10 1916 ). BETWEEN WORLD WARS CMT was abolished in 1932 due to economic reasons. WORLD WAR II The compulsory sections of the Defence Act were not invoked again until nine months after the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 . Under the National Service Emergency Regulations of 1940 , conscription was reintroduced. Anyone aged between 18 and 46 became liable to be called up by ballot. 1945 TO 1970S On 25 May 1949 the Prime Minister , Peter Fraser , announced that a Referendum would be held. This was held on 3 August 1949 and strongly approved the reintroduction of CMT. Under the Compulsory Military Training Act of 1949 all males, whether European or Māori , became liable for military service upon reaching 18 years of age. CMT was abolished again in 1958 and replaced by the Ballot system of Conscripted service for randomly selected 20-year-old males, which operated from 1960 until it was abolished in 1972 , as a result of a campaign of civil disobedience and lobbying by the Organisation To Halt Military Service ("OHMS", a pun on both Resistance and "On Her Majesty's Service" ). TODAY Today in the three branches of the New Zealand Defence Force , ''( Royal New Zealand Navy , Royal New Zealand Air Force and the New Zealand Army )'' are all volunteer services; there is no form of Conscription . |
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