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Prime Minister Savage helped out at the opening of the Labour government's first state house in 1937 at 12 Fife Lane, Miramar, Wellington

Shot at the opening of the Labour government's first state house at 12 Fife Lane, Miramar, Wellington, in 1937

Michael Joseph Savage (1872–1940) entered Parliament as a Labour member in 1919. When Labour came to power in 1935 he became Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs. He continued in these roles until his death in office in 1940.

This portait of Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage was taken in 1935, the year his Labour government swept into power.

This is one Savage's last public speeches before his death on 27 March 1940.

The funeral cortege of Michael Savage, prime minister 1935–40, leaves Parliament grounds in 1940.