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Kōrero: Parades and protest marches

Peter Fraser’s funeral procession

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Peter Fraser’s funeral procession

The state funeral procession for former prime minister Peter Fraser travels along Wellington’s Willis Street in December 1950. Marching alongside the gun carriage carrying the coffin are two lines of politicians, led by Leader of the Opposition Walter Nash (left) and Prime Minister Sidney Holland (right).

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/239/04

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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Ben Schrader, Parades and protest marches – Parades and protest marches before 1890, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21073/peter-frasers-funeral-procession (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.