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Haurongo: Sidey, Thomas Kay

Thomas Kay Sidey

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Thomas Kay Sidey

In 1927 politician Thomas Kay Sidey secured the enactment of the Summer Time Act, a daylight saving measure that he and his Dunedin constituents had long supported.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: PAColl-7171-04

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Erik Olssen. 'Sidey, Thomas Kay', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996, whakahou November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1857/thomas-kay-sidey (accessed 4 June 2026).