 and the marble-clad monument itself thoroughly justify the short easy short the justify thoroughly itself monument marble-clad the and dating from the “Russian Scare” of the 1880s. The views from the site emplacement, gun a formerly was location Its Peninsula. Miramar of tip the on Halswell Point at Harbour, overlooking tion The William Ferguson Massey Memorial occupies a commanding posi each ofthemishonouredbyasubstantialphysicalmemorial. labours, their for recompense posthumous in Perhaps Seddon. Dick” died while in office. The others who were Michael Joseph Zealand Savage and “King New of Ministers Prime three of one was Massey Bill Massey Memorial . and thepersonification oftheyoungnation’s pioneeringspirit. farmers transformed itintoanorganised politicalparty.Heandhispartysaw and astutepoliticalleadership bothinsideandoutsideParliament, Gustafson, He tookcontrolofaparliamentaryoppositionthat,according to Zealand’s mostsignificantpoliticians”. his timethoughthe accorded such a spectacular memorial suggests that New Zealanders of Little is heard about William Massey these days but the fact that he was climb upfromtheroadthatskirtspeninsula. According to the biographer, , he was “one of New of “one was he Gustafson, Barry biographer, the to According asthedevelopersofcountryside, thebaseofeconomy “ had allbutceasedtoexistand, byforceofpersonality should beremembered. - 1 rated by a and obelisk on Bastion Point in , over The late Labour Prime Minister, , is commemo is Savage, Joseph Michael Minister, Prime Labour late The conservatism, bothhispersonalinstinctsandpracticewhilein and theLabourParty.Yet,althoughMasseyespousedcauseof other sectionalinterests,particularlytheemergentunionmovement “This,” saidGustafson,“inevitablybroughtthemintoconflictwith the TimeServiceObservatory. once was what of site the on Cemetery, Street Bolton Wellington’s to Richard John Seddon’s memorial, a column and tomb, is at the entrance looking theWaitemataHarbour. and uted subscriptions raised funds totalling Public widow. his and Massey both for ground burial a as aside set be to Halswell Point at land the enabling Parliament, by passed was Act Burial-ground Massey the 1925, in death his after Shortly 1894. in Parliament entering after 1912 in Minister Prime became Massey office placehiminatraditionofhumanitarianpragmatism.” architect Samuel Hurst Seager were engaged to design a fitting tomb fitting a design to engaged were Seager Hurst Samuel architect memorial. 10,000. Auckland architects Gummer and Ford and consulting and Ford and Gummer architects Auckland £10,000. £5,000 and the government contrib - - -