Savage funeral
A DigitalNZ Story by jamie mackay
Series of images showing the procession for Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage's funeral, which started at Parliament buildings in Wellington on 30 March 1940 and ended in Bastion Point, Auckland where he was buried the following day. In his DNZB essay on Savage, Barry Gustafson records that 'Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders paid their respects in Wellington and Auckland and at 20 stops along the main trunk railway line as the body was transported to its final resting place at Auckland's Bastion Point, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour. Above the grave was erected the Savage Memorial.' Read more here: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/the-funeral-of-michael-joseph-savage
Unidentified funeral procession, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Coffin being loaded onto gun carriage, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Michael Joseph Savage's funeral procession, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Michael Joseph Savage's funeral procession, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Funeral procession, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Funeral procession travelling down Lambton Quay, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Michael Joseph Savage's funeral procession, Waterloo Quay, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Funeral Train of Michael Joseph Savage
Palmerston North City Library
Michael Joseph Savage Funeral Cortege
Auckland Libraries
Michael Savage's funeral at Bastion Point
Alexander Turnbull Library
SAVAGE MEMORIAL (Evening Post, 29 March 1943)
National Library of New Zealand
The Prime Minister's Funeral (Evening Post, 30 March 1940)
National Library of New Zealand
Michael Joseph Savage Memorial, Mission Bay, Auckland
Alexander Turnbull Library
Michael Joseph Savage Memorial, Mission Bay, Auckland
Alexander Turnbull Library