The NZR RM class Midland railcar was the first successful railcar, and first diesel-powered vehicle, to enter revenue service in New Zealand. Two were built, RM 20 and RM 21, and they ran for five years from 1936 to 1941 before being replaced by larger Vulcan railcars. They operated primarily on the Midland Line and the Greymouth-Hokitika portion of the Ross Branch
The following lists events that happened during 1904 in New Zealand.
Sir Arthur Robert Guinness was a New Zealand politician, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Thomas Edward Youd "Tom" Seddon was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a lawyer in Greymouth. He was the son of New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister Richard Seddon, and succeeded his father as MP for Westland following his death in 1906.
Air West Coast is an airline based in Greymouth, New Zealand.
Philip Oscar Selwyn Skoglund was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party who served as a cabinet minister.
Barry Mitchell Dallas was a New Zealand politician and doctor. He was twice mayor of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand.
West Coast is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1972 to 1996.
Grey is a former parliamentary electorate in the West Coast region of New Zealand.
Joseph Petrie (1848–1908) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.
William Henry Harrison was a 19th-century journalist from Greymouth who represented two Westland electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Martin Kennedy was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand. He was also a merchant, mine owner, businessman and Catholic layman.
The Westland Boroughs by-election 1868 was a by-election held in the Westland Boroughs electorate during the 4th New Zealand Parliament, on 3 April 1868.
James Kerr was an editor and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1892 until his death.
Henry Hermann Lahmann, also known as Henry Herman Lahman and often referred to as H. H. Lahman, was a German immigrant who became a politician on the West Coast of New Zealand. He was active in provincial politics and was later appointed to the Legislative Council (1872–1890).
James Goodall was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 9 March 1936 to 22 September 1942, when he died. He was appointed by the First Labour Government.
The New Zealand WW class was a class of 4-6-4T tank locomotives that operated on the New Zealand national railway network. They were built for New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) the final development of the six-coupled tank engine in New Zealand, the penultimate class of tank locomotives to be built for NZR, and the first class of tank locomotives to be built with superheaters.
Westland County, also known as County of Westland, was a local government area on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It existed from 1868 to 1873, and constituted the government for the area that was split from the Canterbury Province, with the West Coast Gold Rush having given the impetus for that split. It had the same administrative powers as a provincial council, but the legislative power rested with Parliament in Wellington. Westland County was the predecessor to Westland Province.
The 1878 Grey Valley by-election was a by-election held on 22 May 1878 during the 6th New Zealand Parliament in the West Coast electorate of Grey Valley.
Barry Selwyn Gustafson is a New Zealand political scientist and historian, and a leading political biographer. He served for nearly four decades as Professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland, and as Acting Director of the New Zealand Asia Institute from 2004 to 2006. He has contested various general elections, first for the Labour Party and later for the National Party, coming second each time.
Michael Joseph Savage was a New Zealand politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand, heading the First Labour Government from 6 December 1935 until his death.
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