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Biography: Pere, Wiremu

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Alan Ward. 'Pere, Wiremu', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128069/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).