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Biography: Atkinson, Harry Albert

Harry Albert Atkinson

Harry Albert Atkinson

Four times premier of New Zealand, Harry Albert Atkinson had been a Taranaki farmer before entering politics, and liked to describe himself as 'a country settler'.

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Judith Bassett. 'Atkinson, Harry Albert', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/49/harry-albert-atkinson (accessed 4 June 2026).