Biography: Habens, William James

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Bain, B. E. 'The Rev. William Habens' contribution to education in New Zealand'. MA thesis, Canterbury, 1969

Butchers, A. G. Education in New Zealand. Dunedin, 1930

Dennis, W. H. S. ' "Curriculum copying": new light on the development of "standards" in New Zealand during the 1870s'. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 14, No 1 (1979): 3--22

Ewing, J. L. Development of the New Zealand primary school curriculum, 1877--1970. Wellington, 1970

Keey, R. B. To him be the glory. Christchurch, 1974

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David McKenzie. 'Habens, William James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126932/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).