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Biography: Harris, John Williams

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Philip Whyte. 'Harris, John Williams', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126995/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).