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Biography: Parker, William Leonard

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Piripi Walker. 'Parker, William Leonard', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated January 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128025/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).