Events on this Day – 30 May

A 10-man Royal Commission reported unanimously that New Zealand should not become a state of the new Commonwealth of Australia.

New Zealand’s best-known bridge opened after four years of construction. The need for better transport links between Auckland city and the North Shore had long been the subject of inquiry and agitation.

A totally New Zealand Royal Honours System was established with the institution of the New Zealand Order of Merit, which replaced the various British State Orders of Chivalry.