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Biography: Searancke, William Nicholas

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Sally Maclean. 'Searancke, William Nicholas', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128430/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).