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Biography: Rye, Maria Susan

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Charlotte Macdonald. 'Rye, Maria Susan', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128379/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).