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Biography: Rees, William Lee

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Tom Brooking. 'Rees, William Lee', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128243/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).