 Apo Japan yakapinda muhondo muna December 1941, Hurumende yeNew Zealand yakamutsa rimwe simba rokufambira, rinozivikanwa se2nd N.Z.E.F. MuPacific, kana kuti 2nd N.Z.E.F. I.P., nokuda kwebasa neAllied Pacific Ocean Areas command. Iri simba rakasimbisa varwi vakanga varipo muSouth Pacific. Chikamu chikuru chekurwa che2nd N.Z.E.F. I.P. chaisanganisira New Zealand 3rd Division. Zvisinei, Chikamu chechitatu hachina kumborwa sechikwata chakakwana; mabhirigedhi ayo akabatanidzwa mune zviito zvakazvimiririra sechikamu chemasimba eAllied muSolomon Islands kuVella Lavella, Treasury Islands neGreen Island. The War Cabinet yakanga yakabata divi iri pamabhiriji maviri panzvimbo pematatu, uye izvi zvakaganhurira kushandiswa kwayo, kunyange zvazvo MacArthur aive nebasa rekuparadzaniswa kwakakwana; Halsey akaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru kuti New Zealand haigone kupa chikamu nemapurisa matatu akazara asi mutevedzeri wake akabvuma kuti chikamu chacho chaive chekupedzisira muNew Zealand yePacific zvinokoshesa, mushure memhepo, navy uye kugadzirwa kwezvokudya. Chikamu Chechipiri chakanzi chikwidziridzwe, maererano nezano raChurchill naRoosevelt. Zvisinei New Zealand yakanga inewo mauto 19,000 muNew Caledonia, Tonga, Norfolk Island neFiji muna 1943; uye vashandi veAir Force 3000 vaizokwira kusvika ku6000 apo ndege dzakawanda dzaiwanika. MuAustralia maitiro aCurtin asi kwete Evatt kune kubviswa kweChitatu Chikamu kwakanga kusina kunaka. 