Biography: Newnham, William Langston

William Langston Newnham with other engineers-in-chief

Successive engineers-in-chief of the Public Works Department, including William Langston Newnham (second from right) and Frederick William Furkert (right)

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Peter Lowe. 'Newnham, William Langston', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/792/successive-engineers-in-chief-of-the-public-works-department-including-william-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).