Biography: Butler, Muriel Dorothy

Dorothy Butler

Dorothy Butler (right) and illustrator Lyn Kriegler pose with their book Davy’s ducks: a tale of old New Zealand in 2006.

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Elizabeth Cox. 'Butler, Muriel Dorothy', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47301/dorothy-butler (accessed 4 June 2026).