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Haurongo: Parnell, Samuel Duncan

Members of the Eight Hour Day Committee, which organised the first Labour Day celebrations in 1890

Members of the Eight Hour Day Committee, which organised the first Labour Day celebrations in 1890

David Patrick Fisher (left, front row) was a leading member of the Eight Hour Day Committee, and the elderly Samuel Duncan Parnell (centre, front row) was its figurehead.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-2324

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Herbert Roth. 'Parnell, Samuel Duncan', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2890/members-of-the-eight-hour-day-committee-which-organised-the-first-labour-day-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).