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Biography: Furkert, Frederick William

Engineers-in-chief of the Public Works Department

Engineers-in-chief of the Public Works Department

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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Rob Aspden. 'Furkert, Frederick William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/792/william-langston-newnham-and-frederick-william-furkert (accessed 4 June 2026).