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Prime Minister Massey inspects the Otago Mounted Rifles
New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey and Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Ward, accompanied by officers, inspect troopers of the Otago Mounted Rifles in France, July 1918.
Death of William Massey
A gruff Ulsterman from South Auckland, William Ferguson Massey, or ‘Farmer Bill’ as he was known to many, is our second-longest-serving prime minister
Massey memorial
The Massey Memorial at Point Halswell, Wellington
'Massey's Cossacks' guarding the Athenic
Special constables guard strike-breakers working Shaw Savill & Albion’s Home boat Athenic in 1913
William Massey
William Massey is our second-longest serving leader. Although he was reviled by the left for crushing workers in 1913 with his ‘Massey’s Cossacks’ (strike-breakers), he also kept most of the Liberals’ reforms, cleaned up the public service, increased home ownership rates and spent more on education, roads and electricity.
William Massey
Head and shoulders portrait of William Massey (1872-1959), circa 1920.
1925 - key events
A selection of key New Zealand events from 1925
New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1918
Prime Minister William Massey addresses soldiers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company at Arras, 1918.
Anzac cyclists
Prime Minister William Massey and Joseph Ward inspect the New Zealand Cyclist Corps.
Demise of Dominion Day
Dominion Day, 26 September, never really took hold in New Zealand. Wellington was one of the few places that kept up ceremonies after 1907.
Violence flares on Wellington wharves
Events in Wellington on and around 24 October marked the beginning of the Great Strike of 1913 – a bitter two-and-a-half-month struggle that would ultimately involve 16,000 unionists around the country.
Waterfront strike ends
The Great Strike of 1913, which had begun in late October when Wellington waterside workers stopped work, finally ended when the United Federation of Labour conceded defeat.
Bellamy's cartoon, 1912
Reform leaders William Massey and James Allen head for Bellamy's to celebrate their victory over the Liberals and their assumption of government in 1912.
The halfway house - Parliament buildings
In 1911, a competition was held for designs for a new building to house Parliament. From the 33 proposals, John Campbell's was selected and building began, although it did not all go as planned.
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