Biography: Pearson, William Harrison

Bill Pearson in later life

A photograph of Bill Pearson as an elderly man, seated beside a desk with a lamp and papers on it.

Bill Pearson in 1999, seated at his writing desk at home in Herne Bay, Auckland.

Using this item

Reference: PAColl-7160-07

by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Paul Millar. 'Pearson, William Harrison', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47736/bill-pearson-in-later-life (accessed 8 July 2026).