Biography: Black, William Pierpont

Socialists socialising, Auckland, 1911

This group of men associated with the New Zealand Socialist Party includes William Pierpont Black (left), Michael Joseph Savage (kneeling, centre) and Henry Gilbert Scott Bennett (kneeling, right).

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Herbert Roth. 'Black, William Pierpont', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2752/socialists-socialising-auckland-1911-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).