Von Luckner spent the rest of World War I as a POW in New Zealand, though he successfully escaped on one occasion, absconding on the boat of the prison warden with several other prisoners, only to be recaptured later.
During the entirety of World War I, Von Luckner was held prisoner in New Zealand, where he eventually made a successful break for freedom, escaping with a group of fellow inmates on the warden's vessel, only to be apprehended shortly thereafter.