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Biography: Gorst, John Eldon

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Websites

New Zealand Electronic Text Centre

Read books by and about John Gorst at the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.

Bibliography

Arvidson, K. 'John Eldon Gorst, 1835–1916'. Kōtare v.7 n.2 (2008), pp.79–85

Daglish, N. 'How half-civilized people ought to be managed: John Gorst, education and the Waikato Māoris, 1860–63'. Durham and Newcastle Research Review 9, No 45 (1980): 135–144

Gorst, J. E. The Māori King. London, 1864

Gorst, J. E. New Zealand revisited. London, 1908

Sinclair, K. Introduction to The Māori King by J. E. Gorst. Hamilton, 1959

How to cite this page

M. P. K. Sorrenson. 'Gorst, John Eldon', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126876/sources (accessed 24 June 2026).