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The funeral of Michael Joseph Savage took place on March 30 1940. Savage was Prime Minister from December 1935 up until his death. He was born in Australia in 1872 but moved to New Zealand in 1907. He worked in a variety of jobs, as a miner, flax-cutter, and storeman, before becoming involved in the union movement. Savage initially opposed the formation of the 1910 New Zealand Labour Party as he viewed the grouping as insufficiently socialistic. Instead he became the chairman of the New Zealand Federation of Labour. In the 1919 election he became one of eight Labour Members of Parliament, and in due course became the party leader following the death of Harry Holland in 1933. During the depression, Savage toured the country and became an iconic figure. An excellent speaker, he became the most visible politician in the land and led Labour to victory in the 1935 election. Along with the Premiership, he appointed himself the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Maori Affairs. The first Labour government swiftly proved popular and easily won the 1938 general election with an increased popular mandate. Savage, suffering from cancer of the colon at the time, had delayed seeking treatment to participate in the election campaign. He died from the cancer in 1940. His state funeral included a Requiem Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Hill St, Wellington, before his body was taken amidst general and public mourning by train to Auckland where he was interred initially in a temporarily adapted harbour defence gun installation. He was soon after removed to a side chapel of St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland, while a national competition was announced, decided, and the winning design of the monumental tomb and memorial gardens at Bastion Point constructed, forming his permanent resting site. The images presented here are from a biographical booklet on Michael Joseph Savage created by the New Zealand Labour Party. The item is from a collection of records from the Labour Party Caucus from 1935 to 1983. This item can be viewed in full in our Wellington reading room. ABGW W3752 3 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=1858378 For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material supplied by Archives New Zealand |
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