Biography: Benham, William Blaxland

A vice-regal occasion

Zoologist William Blaxland Benham (right), governor-general Viscount Bledisloe and Lady Bledisloe (centre), and collector Willi Fels stand in front of a Māori meeting house at the Dominion Museum, early 1930s.

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John Morton. 'Benham, William Blaxland', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated June 2014. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2747/a-vice-regal-occasion (accessed 24 June 2026).