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

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