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Biography: Prendergast, James

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Bibliography

Gisborne, W. New Zealand rulers and statesmen from 1840 to 1897. Rev. ed. London, 1897

Morris, G. Prendergast: legal villain? Wellington, 2014

'The new chief justice'. Colonial Law Journal 1, Part 2 (1875): 24–26

New Zealand Law Society. Portrait of a profession. Ed. R. Cooke. Wellington, 1969

Obit. Dominion. 28 Feb. 1921

Obit. Evening Post. 28 Feb. 1921: 6

'The retiring chief justice'. New Zealand Mail. 1 June 1899

Williams, D. A simple nullity? The Wi Parata case in New Zealand law and history. Auckland, 2011

How to cite this page

J.G.H Hannan and Judith Bassett. 'Prendergast, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128165/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).